Etymograph

English

sonorously

From sonorous + -ly.

A compound of sonorous + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound, resound’

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Proto-Italic *swonaō ‘to sound, resound’

Latin sonō ‘to make a noise, to resound’

Latin sonor ‘sound’

Latin sonōrus ‘sounding, resounding’

English sonorous

Today it means

adv In a sonorous way.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sonorously”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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