Latin
sonus
‘sound’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin sonus.
10 English words in this record descend from Latin sonus, most familiar first.
- son
- sound ← sownde ← sun
- unison ← unisoun ← unisson ← ūnisonus
- sonnet ← sonetto ← sonet
- sone
- resound ← resoun ← reson ← resonus
- absonous ← absonus
- asonia
- fluctisonous
- soniferous
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Etymograph / Latin sonus