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Where does “intonational” come from?

Intonational derives from English intonation, which comes from English aldehyde via German Aldehyd, Latin -tio, Latin in-, Latin in, and Proto-Indo-European ne.

intonational (English): Pertaining to intonation

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to intonation

Ancestry of “intonational”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintonationThe rise and fall of the voice in speaking; The...
2Frenchintonationintonation
3Medieval Latinintonatio—
4LatinintonoI thunder
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intonational”

  • intonationally
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →