Where does “positone” come from?

positone (English) comes from English monotone, from Latin monotonus, from Greek μονότονος, from Greek τόνος, from French tonne, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā, from Proto-Indo-European tend- — to stretch, string; to cut.

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Definitions

  1. of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem...

Ancestry of “positone”, step by step

positone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English monotone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonotoneHaving a single unvaried pitch; Being, or having...
2Latinmonotonusunvarying in tone
3Greekμονότονοςmonotonous, flat; dull, boring
4Greekτόνος΄  tonos; note, pitch, tone; shade
5Frenchtonnetonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular...
6Latintunnatun, box
7Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
8Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
9Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via English positive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpositiveNot negative or neutral; Formally laid down;...
2Old Frenchpositif
3Latinposītivuspositive
4Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
5Proto-Italicpoznō
6Proto-Italicpozinō
7Proto-Italicsinō

Words derived from “positone

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂-