Etymology of the English word intone
the English word
intonederived from the Old French word
entonerderived from the Medieval Latin word
intonare (thunder)
using the Latin prefix
in- (suffix for no)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)
derived 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
derived from the Medieval Latin word
tonederived from the Greek word
toneDate
The earliest known usage of intone in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
intoned,
intoningUsage
Word found in Modern English
