tune

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτόνος“a tone”
2. Latin · derived fromtonus
3. Old French · derived fromton
4. Middle English · inherited fromtune
5. English todaytune

From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.

Words from the same roots