Where does “monoton függvény” come from?
monoton függvény (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian monoton, from German monoton, from French monotone, from Latin monotonus, from Greek μονότονος, from Greek τόνος, from French tonne, from Latin tunna — to stretch, string; to cut.
monoton függvény (Hungarian): monotonic function
Definitions
- monotonic function
Ancestry of “monoton függvény”, step by step
monoton függvény traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian monoton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | monoton | monotonous, monotonic e.g. voice, work |
| 2 | German | monoton | monotone; monotonous |
| 3 | French | monotone | monotone; whose speech is monotone; boring due to... |
| 4 | Latin | monotonus | unvarying in tone |
| 5 | Greek | μονότονος | monotonous, flat; dull, boring |
| 6 | Greek | τόνος | ΄ tonos; note, pitch, tone; shade |
| 7 | French | tonne | tonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular... |
| 8 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |