Where does “sonetist” come from?
sonetist (Romanian) comes from French sonnettiste, from French sonnet, from German Sonett, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet, from Old Occitan son, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō — to sound, resound.
sonetist (Romanian): sonneteer
Definitions
- sonneteer
Ancestry of “sonetist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sonnettiste | sonnetist |
| 2 | French | sonnet | sonnet |
| 3 | German | Sonett | sonnet |
| 4 | Italian | sonetto | sonnet; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | sonet | a song |
| 6 | Old Occitan | son | song, sound |
| 7 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 8 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |