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heptatonic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English heptatonic From hepta- + tonic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave

Translations (3)

nl heptatonisch (heptatonic) · de heptatonisch (heptatonic) · it eptatonico (heptatonic)