Where does “sô” come from?

sô (Macanese) comes from Portuguese só, from Old Portuguese sõo, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.

sô (Macanese): only, uniquely, just

Definitions

  1. only, uniquely, just

Ancestry of “sô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesóonly; just; only; merely; just; alone
2Old Portuguesesõo—
3Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
4Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
5Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound
Every word from Proto-Italic *swonaō →Every word from Latin sonō →Every word from Latin sonus →