Where does “Tonmineral” come from?
Tonmineral (German) comes from German Mineral, from Medieval Latin minerale, from Latin minera, from Middle French miniere, from Middle French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Tonmineral (German): clay mineral
Definitions
- clay mineral
Ancestry of “Tonmineral”, step by step
Tonmineral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Mineral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mineral | mineral |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | minerale | mineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | minera | mine; vein; mineral |
| 4 | Middle French | miniere | underground passage or area |
| 5 | Middle French | -ier | Alternative form of -er |
| 6 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German tōn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tōn | clay |
| 2 | Middle High German | tōn | — |
| 3 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 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 |