7 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
noun a mute for a violin
originEtymology tree Italian sordo Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian sordinobor. English sordino Borrowed from Italian sordino.
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