Etymology

hexatonic

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Today it means: Describing a mode or scale that has six pitches in an octave. Full definition →

English tonic ← Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) ← Latin hexa-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Ancient Greekτονῐκός (tonĭkós)
  8. Englishtonic
  9. English todayhexatonic

From hexa- + tonic.

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