Etymology

woodtone

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Today it means: Having a surface or finish which imitates the pattern of wood; woodgrained. Full definition →

English tone ← Middle English tone ← Latin tonus
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The story

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

From wood + tone.

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