English
sone
Sone comes from Latin sonus ‘sound’, 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*swónh₂osreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonus‘sound’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651sone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swónh₂osreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swonosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsonus‘sound’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651sone
Earliest quotation: 1651, William Bradford, The names of those which came over first: “Francis Eaton, and Sarah his wife, and Samuel their…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound’
re, personal, personnel, swan, resonance, resonate, resonant, parson, sonorous, consonance, 11 more
through Proto-Italic *swonos
through Latin sonus ‘sound’
Today it means
noun a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- / sone