English
sonata
Sonata comes from Latin sonāre ‘to make sound’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonāre‘to make sound’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsonata
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonāre‘to make sound’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsonata
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin sonāre ‘to make sound’
Today it means
noun A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sonāre / sonata