How to Spell tone
tone
tone - noun
- Vocal or musical sound of a specific quality; especially : musical sound with respect to timbre and manner of expression
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"spoke in low tones"
Etymology
Middle English {it}ton, tone{/it} "musical sound or note, pitch," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French {it}ton, tun, toen,{/it} borrowed from Latin {it}tonus{/it} "strain, tension, musical pitch, note," borrowed from Greek {it}tónos{/it} "stretching, tightening, exertion, pitch of the voice, accent in a syllable," nominal derivative from the base of {it}teínein{/it} "to stretch, extend" {ma}{mat|tenant:1|}{/ma}
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