Where does “atonalism” come from?
atonalism (English) comes from Romanian atonal, from French atonal, from French tonal, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.
atonalism (English): The school of atonal musical composition
Definitions
- The school of atonal musical composition
Ancestry of “atonalism”, step by step
atonalism traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian atonal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | atonal | atonal |
| 2 | French | atonal | atonal |
| 3 | French | tonal | tonal |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |