Where does “monoton” come from?
monoton (Hungarian) comes from German monoton, from French monotone, from Latin monotonus, from Greek μονότονος, from Greek τόνος, from French tonne, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā — to stretch, string; to cut.
monoton (Hungarian): monotonous, monotonic e.g. voice, work
Definitions
- monotonous, monotonic e.g. voice, work
Ancestry of “monoton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | monoton | monotone; monotonous |
| 2 | French | monotone | monotone; whose speech is monotone; boring due to... |
| 3 | Latin | monotonus | unvarying in tone |
| 4 | Greek | μονότονος | monotonous, flat; dull, boring |
| 5 | Greek | τόνος | ΄ tonos; note, pitch, tone; shade |
| 6 | French | tonne | tonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |