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Where does “suonare” come from?

suonare (Italian) comes from Latin sonāre, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō.

suonare (Italian): to play; to sound; to ring

Definitions

  1. to play; to sound; to ring

Ancestry of “suonare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsonāre—
2Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
3Latinsonō—
4Proto-Italic*swonaō—

Words derived from “suonare”

  • suoni
  • suona
  • suonabile
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