Where does “pandiatonicism” come from?
pandiatonicism (English) comes from English pandiatonic, from English diatonic, from French diatonique, from French diaton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος — to stretch, to extend.
pandiatonicism (English): pandiatonic composition
Definitions
- pandiatonic composition
Ancestry of “pandiatonicism”, step by step
pandiatonicism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pandiatonic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pandiatonic | Formed freely from all degrees of a diatonic... |
| 2 | English | diatonic | Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale... |
| 3 | French | diatonique | diatonic |
| 4 | French | diaton | An interval of two whole tones |
| 5 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 6 | Old French | ton | your |
| 7 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |