English
sonorousness
From sonorous + -ness.
Formed from sonorous + -ness
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
noun Sonority.
Sources
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