English

equitone

From equi- + tone.

Formed from equi- + tone

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus ‘equal’

English equi-

Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch’

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Proto-Hellenic *tónos ‘tension’

Ancient Greek τόνος ‘strain, tension, pitch’

Latin tonus ‘sound, tone’

Middle English ton ‘tone, sound’

English tone

Today it means

adj Synonym of equitonal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / equitone