baritone

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβαρύτονος
2. Italian · derived frombaritono
3. English todaybaritone

From Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”). Doublet of baryton and barytone.

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