Etymology of the English word tonetic
the English word
toneticderived 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
using the English suffix
-eticderived from the Latin suffix
-eticderived from the Greek suffix
-etikosderived from the Greek suffix
-etos, -ητος, -ῆτος
Date
The earliest known usage of tonetic in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
