Etymology

hypertonic

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Today it means: Having a greater osmotic pressure than another. Full definition →

English tonic ← Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) ← Proto-Hellenic *tónos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  10. Ancient Greekτόνος (tónos)
  11. Ancient Greekτονῐκός (tonĭkós)
  12. Englishtonic
  13. English todayhypertonic

From hyper- + tonic.

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