myEtymology.com: English etymology of ton

1. Etymology of the English word ton

the English word ton

Dutch tombola, Dutch toon, Dutch ton, English tombola, English tone, English tun, French tonneau, French tonne, French tombola, French ton, French toux, German Tombola, German Tonne, German Ton, Icelandic tónn, Icelandic tunna, Italian tosse, Italian tuono, Latin tonus, Lithuanian tonas, Lithuanian tona, Norwegian tombola, Polish ton, Portuguese tosse, Portuguese tom, Provençal tos, Provençal tona, Russian тoн, Russian тoннa, Spanish tos, Spanish ton, Swedish tombola, Swedish ton, Swedish tunna

derived from the English word ton

derived from the French word ton

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 English word ton