Where does “nonmonotonous” come from?
nonmonotonous (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.
nonmonotonous (English): Not monotonous
Definitions
- Not monotonous
Ancestry of “nonmonotonous”, step by step
nonmonotonous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English monotonous
| 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 |