son
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a musical sound; vocal, instrumental
Etymology
Derived from Latin sonus (sound, noise, speech).
Origin
Latin
sonus
Gloss
sound, noise, speech
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
音
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sonic English
- soniferous English
- unison English
- armisonus Latin
- fluentisonus Latin
- sonabilis Latin
- sonipes Latin
- sonivius Latin
- sonus Latin
- undisonus Latin
- sonetto Italian
- suono Italian
- sonore French
- son Spanish, Castilian
- sónico Spanish, Castilian
- son Old French
- sono Esperanto
- sôn Welsh
- son Old Irish
- son Old Portuguese
- sõo Old Portuguese
- son Aromanian
- sun Friulian
- son Old Occitan
- sonet Old Occitan
- sueno Old Spanish
- sonu Sicilian
- són Ligurian