Where does “resonance” come from?
resonance (Old French) comes from Latin resonantia, from Latin resonans, from Latin resono, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
resonance (Old French): resonance; reason
Definitions
- resonance; reason
Ancestry of “resonance”, step by step
resonance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin resonantia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | resonantia | echo, resonance |
| 2 | Latin | resonans | resounding; echoing |
| 3 | Latin | resono | I sound or ring again, resound, reecho; call... |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Old French resoner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | resoner | to resonate; to reverberate |