Etymology of the English word halftone
the English word
halftonederived from the English word
halfderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skel-derived from the English word
tonederived from the Latin word
tonus (tone, degree of light, shade; tone, pitch, note)
derived from the Medieval Greek word
tonos, τόνος
derived from the Greek word
teino, τείνω
Usage
Word found in Modern English
