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 tuus, from Russian туз.
pandiatonicism (English): pandiatonic composition
Ancestry of “pandiatonicism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |