tom

Portuguese

/tõ/

noun

Definitions

tone or pitch property of sound determined by the frequency
(music) tone interval of a major second
(music) key.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek τόνος (tension, strain, tone, pitch, rope, a tone, chord, sound, something stretched).

Origin

Ancient Greek

τόνος

Gloss

tension, strain, tone, pitch, rope, a tone, chord, sound, something stretched

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

音

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tono- English
*tronus Latin
tonus Latin
monótono Spanish, Castilian
sobretono Spanish, Castilian
tonada Spanish, Castilian
tono Spanish, Castilian
βαρύτονος Ancient Greek
τόνος Ancient Greek
ὀξύτονος Ancient Greek
ton Old French
τόνος Greek (modern)
ἄτονος gkm
*tónos Proto-Hellenic