Etymograph

English

absonous

Absonous comes from Latin absonus ‘harsh, discordant’, from sonus ‘sound’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swónh₂osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonus‘sound’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsonus‘harsh, discordant’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1665absonous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swónh₂osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonus‘sound’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsonus‘harsh, discordant’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1665absonous

Earliest quotation: 1665, Joseph Glanville: “absonous to our reason”.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound’

re, personal, personnel, swan, resonance, resonate, resonant, parson, consonance, sonorous, 10 more

through Proto-Italic *swonos

resound, 3 more

through Latin sonus ‘sound’

son, sound, unison, sonnet, sone, 4 more

Today it means

adj Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- / absonous

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