English Explanatory Dictionary

tono-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ.
  2. Relating to tone in linguistics.
  3. Acoustic pitch or musical tone.
  4. Tension, tense, or stretched.

Word forms

tono-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. English tono- From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).

Derived words

tonophant tonoscope tonotopic tonotopy tonoexodus tonogenesis tonogenetic tonological tonologist tonomorpheme tonomorphological tonomorphology hypertonia hypotonia myotonometer tonogram tonograph tonographic tonography tonometer tonometry tonotaxis tonofibril tonofibrillar tonofilament tonoplast
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