英文词源
- sonata
- sonata: see sound
- sonata (n.)
- 1690s, from Italian sonata "piece of instrumental music," literally "sounded" (i.e. "played on an instrument," as opposed to cantata "sung"), fem. past participle of sonare "to sound," from Latin sonare "to sound," from PIE *swene-, from root *swen- "to sound" (see sound (n.1)). Meaning narrowed by mid-18c. toward application to large-scale works in three or four movements.
中文词源
词根词缀： -son-声音 + ata
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：sonata 词源，sonata 含义。
来自意大利语 sonata,发出声音的，阴性格于*sonatus,过去分词格于 sonare,发出声音，回响， 词源同 sound.后词性由形容词作名词，引申词义奏鸣曲。
