Etymology

attune

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Today it means: To bring into musical accord. Full definition →

English tune ← Latin ad- ← Proto-Italic *ad-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Englishad-
  6. Englishtune
  7. English todayattune

From ad- + tune.

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