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