Where does “monotonisuus” come from?
monotonisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish monotoninen, from English monotonic, from Ancient Greek μονότονος, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
monotonisuus (Finnish): monotony
Ancestry of “monotonisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | monotoninen | monotonic, monotonous |
| 2 | English | monotonic | of or using the Greek system of diacritics which... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μονότονος | monotone |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |