altisonant
English
adj
Definitions
- High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
Etymology
Affix from Latin altus (high, raised, profound, deep, lofty, tall, grown big, deep-rooted) + Latin sonans.
Origin
Latin
sonans
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alt English
- altimeter English
- altiscope English
- altometer English
- altophobia English
- sonant English
- *altiāre Latin
- *altiāre, *altio Latin
- *altiō Latin
- *inaltiō Latin
- alte Latin
- altio Latin
- altispinosus Latin
- altispinus Latin
- altissimus Latin
- altithorax Latin
- altitia Latin
- altitudo Latin
- altiāre Latin
- alto Latin
- altus Latin
- altāre Latin
- altītia Latin
- exalto Latin
- praealtus Latin
- sonans Latin
- Alt German
- altana Italian
- altero Italian
- alto Italian
- alto Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eltós Proto-Indo-European
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- alt Norwegian Bokmål
- haut Old French
- alta Esperanto
- alt Catalan, Valencian
- outón Galician
- înalt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- alto Old Portuguese
- outo Old Portuguese
- analtu Aromanian
- aut Occitan
- naut Occitan
- ault Romansh
- aut Romansh
- ot Romansh
- òlt Romansh
- altu Asturian
- alt Friulian
- *hauh Frankish
- oto Old Spanish
- âto Ligurian
- alto Ladino
- aut Ladin
- artu Sardinian
- auto Neapolitan
- artu Extremaduran