Etymology

sonicate

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Today it means: To disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves. Full definition →

English sonic ← Latin sonus ← Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swónh₂os
  3. Latinsonus
  4. Englishsonic
  5. English todaysonicate

From sonic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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