Etymograph

English

fluctisonous

Fluctisonous comes from Latin sonus ‘sound, noise’, and goes back to 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, noise’
  5. Englishtodayfluctisonous

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, noise’
  5. Englishtodayfluctisonous

Formed from fluctus + -i- + sonus + -ous

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluctus ‘a wave, billow’

English fluctus

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, noise’

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

Today it means

adj Making a roaring sound like ocean waves.

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

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

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