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Where does “tónos” come from?

tónos (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tónos (Proto-Indo-European): something stretched; chord, fiber, string

Definitions

  1. something stretched; chord, fiber, string

Ancestry of “tónos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tónos”

  • oxygen
  • tone
  • tune
  • hypoxia
  • tonic
  • oxygenation
  • tonal
  • oxalate
  • undertone
  • serotonin
  • oxytocin
  • tonality
  • tuneful
  • doxorubicin
  • baritone
  • diatonic
  • oxalic
  • attunement
  • peritoneum
  • fluoxetine
  • tunable
  • anoxic
  • oxy
  • tuner
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