Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
to give a particular tone to · to change the colour of · to make (something) firmer · to utter with an affected tone.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA specific pitch. · (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. · (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. · The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. Latin tonusder. Middle English tone English tone From Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old French ton), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Doublet of tune, ton, tonos, and tonus.
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