Morpheme
Ton(e) [Tone, Ton]
Type
free base
Denotation
tension, sound, pitch, quality, manner, fashion, mode
Etymology
(1) Middle English ton, tone and (2) French ton and (3) German Ton; Middle High German tōn; all from Latin tonus; Ancient Greek tónos, from teínein
Evidence
allotone, atonal, baritone, baryton, barytona, barytone, barytones, barytons, ditone, eigentone, emprosthotonos, emprosthotonus, goldtone, intertone, intonation, intone, intoned, intones, intoning, melatonergic, melatonin, nontonal, opisthotonic, opisthotonos, opisthotonus, orthotonos, orthotonus, overtone, pleurothotonos, pleurothotonus, ringtone, semitone, semitone, serotonemia, serotonin, serotoninergic, ton, tonal, tonality, tonally, tone, toned, toneless, tonelike, toneme, toner, tones, tonic, tonicity, tonics, tonify, toning, tonish, tritone, undertone
Notes
tone, tonus, ton, and tune are doublets
baritone, barytone, and baryton are doublets
found in phrases “bon ton” and “haut ton”
Doublet
Tune
