English
tonal
From tone + -al.
Formed from tone + -al
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
Another origin of tonal
- Nahuatlmoderntōnalli‘day, day sign’
- Englishtodaytonal
Today it means
adj Of or relating to tones or tonality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tonal