Etymology

sonorific

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Today it means: Producing sound. Full definition →

Latin sonor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsonor“a sound”
  2. English todaysonorific

From Latin sonor (“a sound”), -oris + facere (“to make”). See sonorous.

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