Soun
/suːn/noun
An archaic or Middle English word meaning a sound, noise, or audible resonance.
Did you know?“Soun” appears in Middle English literature, including Chaucer, and is an earlier spelling related to modern “sound” through Anglo-French and Latin.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*swonh₂-
“To sound or produce an audible noise”
Classical Antiquity
Latin
sonus
“A sound, noise, tone, or voice”
Old French
Old French
son
“Sound or musical tone”
12th–14th Century
Middle English
soun
“A sound, noise, or audible report”
15th Century
English
sound
“The established spelling, also referring to audible vibration”
Modern English
English
sound
“Something heard, or a vibration transmitted through a medium”