Where does “son” come from?

son (Old Occitan) comes from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.

son (Old Occitan): song, sound

Definitions

  1. song, sound

Ancestry of “son”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
2Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
3Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound

Words derived from “son”

Every word from Proto-Italic *swonaō →Every word from Latin sonō →Every word from Latin sonus →