Etymology
1. c.1374,
resownen, from O.Fr.
resoner, from L.
resonare "sound again, resound, echo," from
re- "back, again" +
sonare "to sound" (see sound (n.1)). Spelling influenced by
sound.
2. From both of the following:
3. * From Late Middle English resounen (“to return with an echo, resound; to make a sound, to sound; of speech or writing: to announce a theme”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman resoner, resouner [and other forms], Middle French resoner, and Old French resoner (“to make a (deep or echoing) sound; of sounds: to echo; to ring; of one’s name or actions: to be frequently recounted; of a place: to re-echo or ring with sound”) (modern French résonner), from Latin resonāre, the present active infinitive of resonō (“to ring or sound again, re-echo, resound; to call repeatedly; to give back the sound of (something), re-echo or resound (something)”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + sonō (“to make a noise, resound, sound; to sound (something); to speak or utter (something); to call, cry out; to celebrate; to extol, praise; to sing”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound”)).
4. * From re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + sound (“to produce a sound”).
5. Cognates
6. * Catalan ressonar
7. * Italian resonare (obsolete), risonare
8. * Old Occitan resonar
9. * Portuguese ressoar, ressonar, resonar (obsolete)
10. * Spanish resonar See: Anglo-Norman '
resoner', Old French '
resoner', French '
résonner', Valencian '
ressonar', Italian '
resonare', Old Occitan '
resonar', Portuguese '
ressoar', Spanish '
resonar'.
Verbs referencing "resound"
Ido resonar.