Where does “diatonically” come from?
diatonically (English) comes from English diatonic, from French diatonique, from French diaton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz.
diatonically (English): In a diatonic manner
Ancestry of “diatonically”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | diatonic | Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale... |
| 2 | French | diatonique | diatonic |
| 3 | French | diaton | An interval of two whole tones |
| 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- | — |