Proto-Hellenic
*tónos
‘tension’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *tónos.
14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, most familiar first.
- ton ← tonus ← τόνος
- tune ← ton ← tonus ← τόνος
- tonic ← τονικός ← τόνος
- peritoneum ← peritonaeum ← περιτόναιον ← περιτόναιος ← περίτονος
- hypotonia ← τόνος
- ecotone ← τόνος
- intone ← entune ← entoner ← intonō ← tonus
- tonus ← τόνος
- hypertonia ← τόνος
- atonia ← ἀτονία ← ἄτονος ← τόνος
- chirotony ← χειροτονίᾱ ← χείρ ← τόνος
- oxytone ← ὀξῠ́τονος ← τόνος
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