Proto-Italic

*swonaō

‘to sound, resound’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *swonaō.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *swonaō, most familiar first.

• re ← resonō ← sonō
• personal ← personel ← persōnālis ← personō ← sonō
• personnel ← persōnālis ← personō ← sonō
• resonance ← resonantia ← resonō ← sonō
• resonate ← resonō ← sonō
• resonant ← résonner ← resonō ← sonō
• impersonal ← impersonnel ← impersōnālis ← persōnālis ← personō
• parson ← persoun ← persoune ← persone ← personō
• resound ← resounen ← resoner ← resoner ← resonāre
• sonorous ← sonōrus ← sonor ← sonō
• consonance ← cōnsonāns ← cōnsonō ← sonō
• sonority ← sonorité ← sonōritās ← sonōrus ← sonor

More words from *swonaō

• assonance
• consonancy
• horrisonant
• personate
• personalia

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *swonaō