Where does “ton” come from?
ton (Turkish) comes from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
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 | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
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 |