Etymology

tritone

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Today it means: An interval of three whole tones. Full definition →

Medieval Latin tritonus ← Ancient Greek τρίτονος
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tritone · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρίτονος
  2. Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromtritonus
  3. English todaytritone

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- + tone.

tritone · noun, adjective2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  9. Ancient Greekτόνος (tónos)
  10. Latintonus
  11. Middle Englishtone
  12. Englishtone
  13. English todaytritone

From tri- + tone.

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