atony

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀτονία“languor”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromatonia
3. English todayatony

Borrowed from New Latin atonia, from Ancient Greek ἀτονία (atonía, “languor”), from ἄτονος (átonos, “languid”), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + τόνος (tónos, “accent”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).

Words from the same roots