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sons.

guilty

4 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈsõːs]Classical-Latin[ˈsɔns]

  1. guilty

    declension-3 · one-termination

  2. criminal

    declension-3 · one-termination
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *sonts (see *som), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-s, the present participle of *h₁es- (whence also sum). Compare English sooth for an exact cognate, and sin for the same semantic development.

noun[ˈsõːs]Classical-Latin[ˈsɔns]

  1. criminal

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *sonts (see *som), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-s, the present participle of *h₁es- (whence also sum). Compare English sooth for an exact cognate, and sin for the same semantic development.

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