tonus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- The stretching or straining of a rope.
- (by extension) A strain; tension.
- (figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something.
- (figuratively) A crack of thunder.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek τόνος (tension, strain, tone, pitch, rope, a tone, chord, sound, something stretched) derived from Proto-Hellenic *tónos derived from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, *tónos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tón-os, *tónos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allotone English
- betone English
- demitone English
- ditone English
- downtone English
- duotone English
- eigentone English
- electrotonus English
- fuzztone English
- galvanotonus English
- gammatone English
- goldtone English
- halftone English
- hemitonic English
- meantone English
- microtone English
- midtone English
- multitone English
- overtone English
- paratone English
- polytone English
- quadtone English
- realtone English
- retone English
- ringtone English
- screentone English
- semitone English
- sesquitone English
- sidetone English
- silvertone English
- subtone English
- thermotonus English
- tonal English
- tone English
- tonearm English
- tonebar English
- toneless English
- tonelike English
- toneme English
- tonepad English
- toner English
- tonewheel English
- tonewood English
- tonic English
- tonification English
- tonify English
- tono- English
- tonology English
- tonous English
- tonus English
- tony English
- touchtone English
- tritone English
- truetone English
- undertone English
- vasotonus English
- *tronus Latin
- tuum, tuus Latin
- tuus Latin
- Donner German
- Ton German
- semitono Italian
- tono Italian
- truono Italian
- tuonare Italian
- tuono Italian
- kunst Dutch, Flemish
- la Dutch, Flemish
- nl Dutch, Flemish
- tonus) Dutch, Flemish
- toon Dutch, Flemish
- toonkunst Dutch, Flemish
- diaton French
- détonner French
- scopitone French
- ton French
- tonal French
- tondit French
- tonique French
- tonus French
- полутон Russian
- тон Russian
- тонировать Russian
- тонус Russian
- monótono Spanish, Castilian
- sobretono Spanish, Castilian
- tonada Spanish, Castilian
- tono Spanish, Castilian
- trueno Spanish, Castilian
- βαρύτονος Ancient Greek
- τόνος Ancient Greek
- ὀξύτονος Ancient Greek
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- *tón-os, *tónos Proto-Indo-European
- tone Norwegian Bokmål
- tom Portuguese
- trom Portuguese
- ton Polish
- tone Norwegian Nynorsk
- tune Middle English
- tóni Old Norse
- tone Danish
- ton Old French
- to Catalan, Valencian
- tro Catalan, Valencian
- tónn Icelandic
- tronada Galician
- troneira Galician
- trono Galician
- tun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- τόνος Greek (modern)
- tonau Welsh
- tôn Welsh
- toon Middle Dutch
- tông Vietnamese
- тон Bulgarian
- тонус Bulgarian
- Toun Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- betounen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- trõo Old Portuguese
- ton Middle Low German
- tron Occitan
- tun Romansh
- truenu Asturian
- ton Friulian
- tronu Sicilian
- trón Ligurian
- ἄτονος gkm
- tun Dalmatian
- *tónos Proto-Hellenic