Etymology of the English word supertonic
the English word
supertonicderived from the English word
tonicderived from the New Latin word
tonicusderived from the Greek word
tonikos, τονικός
derived from the Medieval Greek word
tonos, τόνος
derived from the Greek word
teino, τείνω
using the English prefix
super-derived from the Medieval Latin prefix
super-derived from the Classical Latin word
super (above)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperUsage
Word found in Modern English
