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son

/ˈsʌn/SUHN
/ˈsʌn/SUHN

Meaninga son

Common meaning: a male child

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SU‘generate, produce’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 391, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old Englishsunu‘a son’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishsonesource
  4. Englishson‘a male child’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English sunu ‘a son’.

Roots

  • sunu Old English “a son”

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