Where does “shelltoes” come from?
shelltoes (English) comes from English toes, from English toe, from Middle English to, from Middle English tone, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos, from Proto-Indo-European tónos — to stretch, to extend.
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- A style of basketball shoe with a segmented...
Ancestry of “shelltoes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | toes | plural of toe; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | toe | Each of the five digits on the end of the foot;... |
| 3 | Middle English | to | toe; to; too |
| 4 | Middle English | tone | the one |
| 5 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |