Etymology

undertone

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Today it means: An auditory tone of low pitch or volume. Full definition →

English tone ← Middle English tone ← Latin tonus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  14. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  15. Ancient Greekτόνος (tónos)
  16. Latintonus
  17. Middle Englishtone
  18. Englishtone
  19. English todayundertone

From under- + tone.

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