Hyphenation
som·no·lentTurkish pronunciation
sämnılıntPronunciation
/ˈsämnələnt/ /ˈsɑːmnələnt/
Etymology
[ -l&nt ] (adjective.) 15th century. First attested in 1615. From French somnolent, from Old French sompolent, subsequently from Latin somnolentus, Latin somnus (“sleep”), Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“dream”), which both are derived from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.