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Where does “sono” come from?

sono (Italian) comes from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.

sono (Italian): first-person singular present of essere; am,...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present of essere; am,...

Ancestry of “sono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūm—
2Proto-Italicezomto be
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—

Words derived from “sono”

  • unisonanza
  • sonografia
  • sonometro
  • soni
  • unisono
  • unisono
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →