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Where does “sonetto” come from?

sonetto (Italian) comes from Old Occitan sonet, from Old Occitan son, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō.

sonetto (Italian): sonnet; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. sonnet; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “sonetto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitansoneta song
2Old Occitansonsong, sound
3Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
4Latinsonō—
5Proto-Italic*swonaō—

Words derived from “sonetto”

  • sonnet
  • sonnetlike
  • sonnetize
  • sonneter
  • sonnetist
  • sonnetary
  • soneto
  • sonettare
  • sonettista
  • сонет
  • sonnet
  • Sonett
  • soneto
  • sonet
  • soneto
  • ソネット
  • sonnet
  • sonnettenbakker
  • sonet
  • sonet
  • сонет
  • sonet
  • сонет
  • sonet
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