diatonic的词源

英文词源

diatonic (adj.)

c. 1600, from French diatonique, from Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos, from diatonos "extending; pertaining to the diatonic scale," from dia- (see dia-) + teinein "to stretch" (see tenet).

中文词源

diatonic：全音阶的

dia-, 穿过，整个的。-ton, 拉伸，伸展，词源同tone, tend. 即有穿透力的声音，全音阶。

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