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.
atonalism (English): The school of atonal musical composition
Definitions
- The school of atonal musical composition
Ancestry of “atonalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | 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 | — |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |