Etymology

eigentone

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Today it means: A tone liable to cause resonance in a particular space. Full definition →

English tone ← Middle English tone ← Latin tonus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eh₂óyḱe
  3. Proto-Germanic*aiganą
  4. Proto-Germanic*aiganaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*aigan
  6. Old High Germaneigan
  7. Middle High Germaneigen
  8. Germaneigen
  9. Englisheigen-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  12. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  13. Ancient Greekτόνος (tónos)
  14. Latintonus
  15. Middle Englishtone
  16. Englishtone
  17. English todayeigentone

From eigen- + tone.

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