Where does “intoning” come from?
Intoning comes from Old French entoner, from Latin intonare, meaning to thunder or sound forth.
intoning (English): present participle of intone; intonation
Definitions
- present participle of intone; intonation
Ancestry of “intoning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intone | To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize;... |
| 2 | Old French | entoner | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | intonō | — |
| 4 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |