Etymology of the English word tone
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
Date
The earliest known usage of tone in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
toneme,
tony,
tonetic,
aquatone,
coppertone,
duotone,
halftone,
isotone,
microtone,
middletone,
semitone,
toner,
tonetics,
tonette,
undertone,
woodtone,
calcitonin,
serotonin,
tune,
toned,
toningCognates
Dutch
tombola, Dutch
toon, Dutch
ton, English
tombola, English
tun, English
ton, 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
