resound

resound · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*swenh₂-“to sound”
2. Latin · derived fromresonāre
3. Old French · derived fromresoner“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”
4. Middle French · derived fromresoner
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromresoner
6. Middle English · inherited fromresounen“to return with an echo, resound; to make a sound, to sound; of speech or writing: to announce a theme”
7. English todayresound

From both of the following: * 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”)). * From re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + sound (“to produce a sound”). Cognates * Catalan ressonar * Italian resonare (obsolete), risonare * Old Occitan resonar * Portuguese ressoar, ressonar, resonar (obsolete) * Spanish resonar

resound · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromresonus“echoing, resounding”
2. Old French · derived fromreson
3. Middle English · inherited fromresoun
4. English todayresound

From Late Middle English resoun, reson (“echoing or reverberating sound; clangour, din, noise”), from Old French reson, and from its etymon Latin resonus (“echoing, resounding”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + sonus (“sound; noise; pitch; speech; (figuratively) character, style, tone; tongue, voice”) (from sonō (verb) (see further at etymology 1) + -us (suffix forming nouns)). * (Received Pronunciation) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹɪˈsaʊnd/, /-ˈzaʊnd/ * Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) Audio: (file) * (General American) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹəˈsaʊnd/, /ɹi-/, /-ˈzaʊnd/ * Audio (General American): (file) Audio: (file) * Rhymes: -aʊnd * Hyphenation: re‧sound

resound · verb³

From re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + sound (“to produce a sound”).

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