English
resonate
Resonate comes from Latin resonō ‘to sound or ring again, resound, reecho’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swonh₂éyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonaō‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonō‘to sound, resound, make a sound or noise’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresonō‘to sound or ring again, resound, reecho’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013resonate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swonh₂éyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonaō‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonō‘to sound, resound, make a sound or noise’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresonō‘to sound or ring again, resound, reecho’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013resonate
Earliest quotation: 2013, Darin Jewell, Conrad Jones: “Because of Reddit's voting system, the visibility of content…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound’
sound, swan, unison, sonnet, sone, 12 more
through Proto-Italic *swonaō ‘to sound, resound’
through Latin sonō ‘to sound, resound, make a sound or noise’
personal, personnel, parson, sonorous, consonance, 9 more
through Latin resonō ‘to sound or ring again, resound, reecho’
Today it means
verb To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- / resonate