English
fuzztone
From fuzz + tone.
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
noun A fuzzy distortion effect sometimes used in rock music.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fuzztone