English

son

/sʌn/
One's male offspring.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English sonen, sunen, from the noun (see above).

    Etymology 3

    From Spanish son (literally “tone, sound”).

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishsone
      • inheritedOld Englishsunu
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*sunu
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*sunuz “son”
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*suHnús “son”
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*sewH- “to bear; give birth”
                • derivedProto-Indo-European*sew- “to twist, bend”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishsonen
    • borrowedSpanishson

    Words built on it: Son of Man

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