English
tonification
From tone + -ification.
Formed from tone + -ification
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch’
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Proto-Hellenic *tónos ‘tension’
Ancient Greek τόνος ‘strain, tension, pitch’
Latin tonus ‘sound, tone’
Middle English ton ‘tone, sound’
English tone
Today it means
noun The act of tonifying
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tonification”. 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.
Etymograph / tonification