Where does “monotonality” come from?
monotonality (English) comes from English tonality, from French tonalité, from French tonal, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.
monotonality (English): The quality of being monotonal
Definitions
- The quality of being monotonal
Ancestry of “monotonality”, step by step
monotonality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tonality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tonality | The system of seven tones built on a tonic key;... |
| 2 | French | tonalité | tonality |
| 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 | can, may, to be able to |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |