Where does “nonmonotonously” come from?
nonmonotonously (English) comes from English nonmonotonous, from English monotonous, from English monotone, from Latin monotonus, from Greek μονότονος, from Greek τόνος, from French tonne, from Latin tunna — to stretch, string; to cut.
nonmonotonously (English): Not monotonously
Ancestry of “nonmonotonously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | nonmonotonous | Not monotonous |
| 2 | English | monotonous | Having an unvarying tone or pitch; Tedious,... |
| 3 | English | monotone | Having a single unvaried pitch; Being, or having... |
| 4 | Latin | monotonus | unvarying in tone |
| 5 | Greek | μονότονος | monotonous, flat; dull, boring |
| 6 | Greek | τόνος | ΄ tonos; note, pitch, tone; shade |
| 7 | French | tonne | tonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular... |
| 8 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |