Etymology

toner

T1O1N1E1R1

Today it means: Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper. Full definition →

English tone ← Middle English tone ← Latin tonus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  4. Ancient Greekτόνος (tónos)
  5. Latintonus
  6. Middle Englishtone
  7. Englishtone
  8. English todaytoner

From tone + -er.

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