Where does “Abtönungspartikel” come from?
Abtönungspartikel (German) comes from German Abtönung, 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 — to stretch, to extend.
Abtönungspartikel (German): modal particle
Definitions
- modal particle
Ancestry of “Abtönungspartikel”, step by step
Abtönungspartikel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abtönung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abtönung | shade, tint variety of a colour |
| 2 | German | abtönen | of colours to shade, to tint, to gradate |
| 3 | German | tönen | to give a loud and far-reaching sound; to sound;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | dœnen | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | tœnen | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | tōn | — |
| 7 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |