Where does “só” come from?

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

só (Portuguese): only; just; only; merely; just; alone

Definitions

  1. only; just; only; merely; just; alone

Ancestry of “só”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesõo—
2Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
3Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
4Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound

Words derived from “só”

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