English
tonos
Tonos comes from Greek τόνος ‘stress, accent’, from Ancient Greek τόνος ‘rope, chord, tone’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘stretch’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ten-‘stretch’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tón-osreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tónos‘rope, cord’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόνος‘rope, chord, tone’
- Greek1453–presentsame formtónos‘stress, accent’
- Englishtodaytonos
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ten-‘stretch’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tón-osreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tónos‘rope, cord’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόνος‘rope, chord, tone’
- Greek1453–presentsame formtónos‘stress, accent’
- Englishtodaytonos
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘stretch’
continue, content, entertainment, tight, maintenance, obtain, tennis, contain, retain, tender, continuous, sustain, continent, tenant, detention, retention, rein, pertinent, pristine, continuum, detain, abstinence, tenacity, tenor, abstain, tendon, tenacious, tenet, sustenance, countenance, pertain, tetanus, tenement, incontinence, retinue, tantra, tenable, maintainer, tendinitis, abstention, 67 more
through Proto-Hellenic *tónos ‘rope, cord’
through Ancient Greek τόνος ‘rope, chord, tone’
Today it means
noun The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ten- / tonos