English
equisonance
Equisonance comes from Latin sonans ‘sounding, resounding’, and goes back to sonare.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonare‘to sound’next step skipped: Latin sonō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonans‘sounding, resounding’present participle of sonare
- Englishtodayequisonance
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonare‘to sound’next step skipped: Latin sonō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonans‘sounding, resounding’present participle of sonare
- Englishtodayequisonance
Linked words
through Latin sonare ‘to sound’
through Latin sonans ‘sounding, resounding’
Today it means
noun An equal and undistinguishable unison of voices; a perfect consonance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sonare / equisonance