Where does “soneto” come from?
soneto (Spanish) comes from Portuguese soneto, from English sonnet, from French sonnet, from German Sonett, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet, from Old Occitan son, from Latin sonus — to sound, resound.
soneto (Spanish): sonnet
Definitions
- sonnet
Ancestry of “soneto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | soneto | sonnet |
| 2 | English | sonnet | A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting... |
| 3 | French | sonnet | sonnet |
| 4 | German | Sonett | sonnet |
| 5 | Italian | sonetto | sonnet; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 6 | Old Occitan | sonet | a song |
| 7 | Old Occitan | son | song, sound |
| 8 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 9 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |