Where does “сона́та” come from?
сона́та (Russian) comes from Italian sonata, from Italian sonare, from Latin sonāre, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.
сона́та (Russian): sonata
Definitions
- sonata
Ancestry of “сона́та”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sonata | sonata; feminine singular of sonato |
| 2 | Italian | sonare | Alternative form of suonare |
| 3 | Latin | sonāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 5 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |