Where does “diatonică” come from?
diatonică (Romanian) comes from French diatonique, from French diaton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu — to be able.
diatonică (Romanian): diatonic
Definitions
- diatonic
Ancestry of “diatonică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | diatonique | diatonic |
| 2 | French | diaton | An interval of two whole tones |
| 3 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 4 | Old French | ton | your |
| 5 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 6 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 7 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 8 | Polish | tu | here |
| 9 | Polish | być | to be |
| 10 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 11 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |