Where does “ton” come from?
ton (Turkish) comes from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być, from Polish móc — to be able.
ton (Turkish): tone, the character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice
Definitions
- tone, the character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice
Ancestry of “ton”, step by step
ton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 2 | Old French | ton | your |
| 3 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 4 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 5 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 6 | Polish | tu | here |
| 7 | Polish | być | to be |
| 8 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 9 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Ottoman Turkish طون
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | طون | robe, raiment, garment, weed; color of a horse,... |
| 2 | French | tonne | tonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |