Etymology

tonotopic

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Today it means: Having the quality of being spatially organized by tone or frequency. Full definition →

English tono- ← Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) ← Proto-Hellenic *tónos
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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. Englishtono-
  6. English todaytonotopic

From tono- + -topic.

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