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- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀρθότονος“with unmodified accent”
- English todayorthotone
From Ancient Greek ὀρθότονος (orthótonos, “with unmodified accent”). By surface analysis, ortho- + tone.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
orthotone
Today it means: Retaining the accent independently; not enclitic; said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which are enclitic in other situations. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὀρθότονος