Where does “sonettare” come from?
sonettare (Italian) comes from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet, from Old Occitan son, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.
sonettare (Italian): To compose sonnets
Definitions
- To compose sonnets
Ancestry of “sonettare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sonetto | sonnet; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Old Occitan | sonet | a song |
| 3 | Old Occitan | son | song, sound |
| 4 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 5 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |