Etymology

supertonic

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Today it means: The second note in a diatonic scale. Full definition →

English tonic ← Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) ← Latin super-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Ancient Greekτονῐκός (tonĭkós)
  8. Englishtonic
  9. English todaysupertonic

From super- + tonic.

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