Etymology of the English word baritone
the English word
baritonederived from the Italian word
baritonoderived from the Greek word
barutonos, βαρύτονος
derived from the Greek word
barus, βαρύς (weighty; (fig) burdensome, grave)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-derived from the Medieval Greek word
tonos, τόνος
derived from the Greek word
teino, τείνω
Date
The earliest known usage of baritone in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
bariton, French
baryton, German
Bariton, Icelandic
baryton, Italian
baritono, Lithuanian
baritonas, Russian
бapитoн, Swedish
barytonUsage
Word found in Modern English
