English
tonicify
From tonic + -ify.
Formed from tonic + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’
Proto-Indo-European *tónos ‘something stretched’
Proto-Hellenic *tónos ‘rope, cord’
Ancient Greek τόνος ‘a cord, rope or string’
Ancient Greek τονικός ‘tonic, accentual’
English tonic
Today it means
verb To increase the tonicity of a solution
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tonicify”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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