tonoexodus en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. English tono- English Exodus ▲ English tonogenesisinflu. English tonoexodus From tono- + Exodus, by analogy with tonogenesis, reinterpreting the suffix -genesis as the book of the Bible, Genesis, which is directly followed by Exodus.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A process in which a language loses tones.