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 tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos — to stretch, to extend.
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 | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
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 |