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Where does “pantonality” come from?

pantonality (English) comes from English tonality, from French tonalité, from French tonal, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz.

pantonality (English): Twelve-tone music, seen as an extension of...

Definitions

  1. Twelve-tone music, seen as an extension of...

Ancestry of “pantonality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtonalityThe system of seven tones built on a tonic key;...
2Frenchtonalitétonality
3Frenchtonaltonal
4FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
5Old Frenchtonyour
6Latintuusyour
7Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
8Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
9Polishtuhere
10Polishbyćto be
11Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
12Old Polishmóc—
13Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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