Etymology

assonate

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Today it means: To correspond or exhibit agreement in (particularly vowel) sounds. Full definition →

Latin assonō
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  1. Latin · derived fromassonō
  2. English todayassonate

From Latin assonō, from ad (“to, towards”) + sonō (“to sound, resound”).

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