Where does “magnisonans” come from?
magnisonans (Latin) comes from Latin sonāns, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.
magnisonans (Latin): loud-sounding
Ancestry of “magnisonans”, step by step
magnisonans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sonāns
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sonāns | sounding, resounding |
| 2 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |
via Latin magnus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |