English
intonement
From intone + -ment.
Formed from intone + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘stretch’
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Latin tonus ‘pitch, tone’
Medieval Latin intonō ‘to thunder’
Old French entoner
Middle English entune
English intone
Today it means
noun The act or process of intoning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intonement