Where does “soar” come from?

soar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese sõar, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.

soar (Portuguese): make a sound

Definitions

  1. make a sound

Ancestry of “soar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesõar—
2Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
3Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound

Words derived from “soar”

Every word from Proto-Italic *swonaō →Every word from Latin sonō →Every word from Old Portuguese sõar →