Where does “monotonousness” come from?
monotonousness (English) comes from English monotonous, from English monotone, from Latin monotonus, from Greek μονότονος, from Greek τόνος, from French tonne, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā — to stretch, string; to cut.
monotonousness (English): The property of being monotonous
Definitions
- The property of being monotonous
Ancestry of “monotonousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monotonous | Having an unvarying tone or pitch; Tedious,... |
| 2 | English | monotone | Having a single unvaried pitch; Being, or having... |
| 3 | Latin | monotonus | unvarying in tone |
| 4 | Greek | μονότονος | monotonous, flat; dull, boring |
| 5 | Greek | τόνος | ΄ tonos; note, pitch, tone; shade |
| 6 | French | tonne | tonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |