somnolence
English
/ˈsɑm.nə.ləns/
noun
Definitions
- A state of drowsiness or sleepiness.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French somnolence derived from Latin somnolentia, somnus (sleep, drowsiness, slumber) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (sleep, slumber, dream), *swep- (sleep, dream).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swep-
Gloss
sleep, dream
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
寝, 眠, 睡
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hypersomnolence English
- hypnosis English
- hypnotic English
- hypnotism English
- hypnotist English
- hypnotizability English
- hypnotizable English
- hypnotize English
- insomnolence English
- parasomnia English
- photosomnolence English
- somnifacient English
- somniloquacious English
- somnipathy English
- *somniclum Latin
- insomnia Latin
- insomnis Latin
- somnambulus Latin
- somniculosus Latin
- somniculōsus Latin
- somnifer Latin
- somniferum Latin
- somniger Latin
- somnium Latin
- somniāre Latin
- somnolentia Latin
- somnolentus Latin
- somnulentus Latin
- somnus Latin
- sopio Latin
- sopor Latin
- sopōriferum Latin
- īnsomnia Latin
- īnsomnis Latin
- insonnolire Italian
- insonnolito Italian
- ipnosi Italian
- ipnoticamente Italian
- ipnotizzare Italian
- ipnotizzatore Italian
- sonnacchiosamente Italian
- sonnecchiare Italian
- sonno Italian
- sonnolenza Italian
- sopimento Italian
- somnolence French
- сомнамбулизм Russian
- спать Russian
- somnolencia Spanish, Castilian
- soñolencia Spanish, Castilian
- sueño Spanish, Castilian
- εὕδω Ancient Greek
- ὑπνωτικός Ancient Greek
- ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- Ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- *supnós Proto-Indo-European
- *swep- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepno- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swopnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swép-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *swépnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swópniʸom Proto-Indo-European
- *swópno- Proto-Indo-European
- *súpnos Proto-Indo-European
- sono Portuguese
- sonolência Portuguese
- *swabjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefnaz Proto-Germanic
- *swefną Proto-Germanic
- spać Polish
- प्र-स्वपिति Sanskrit
- स्वप् Sanskrit
- स्वप्न Sanskrit
- स्वप्न, স্ৱপ্ন Sanskrit
- sofa Old Norse
- svefnugr Old Norse
- *sъpati Proto-Slavic
- *usъnǫti Proto-Slavic
- somnolència Catalan, Valencian
- sono Galician
- somn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- քուն Old Armenian
- somnolence Middle French
- *sounos Proto-Celtic
- *swap- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swápnas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- somnu Aromanian
- *swepnos Proto-Italic
- *swepōs Proto-Italic
- sien Romansh
- sueñu Asturian
- sium Friulian
- nzunnari Sicilian
- sonnu Sicilian
- hwʾb Middle Persian
- *swápnas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- asunâse Ligurian
- séunno Ligurian
- samno Dalmatian
- suonno Neapolitan
- somme Picard
- *ṣw’äp(ä)ne Proto-Tocharian