Where does “Abtönung” come from?
Abtönung (German) comes from German abtönen, from German tönen, from Middle High German dœnen, from Middle High German tœnen, from Middle High German tōn, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos — to stretch, to extend.
Abtönung (German): shade, tint variety of a colour
Definitions
- shade, tint variety of a colour
Ancestry of “Abtönung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | abtönen | of colours to shade, to tint, to gradate |
| 2 | German | tönen | to give a loud and far-reaching sound; to sound;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | dœnen | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | tœnen | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | tōn | — |
| 6 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |