monotony的词源

英文词源

monotony (n.)

1706, originally in transferred sense of "wearisome, tiresome," from French monotonie (1670s), from Greek monotonia "sameness of tone, monotony," from monotonos "monotonous, of one tone," from monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + tonos "tone" (see tenet). Literal sense of "sameness of tone or pitch" in English is from 1724.

中文词源

monotony：单调乏味

来自monotone,单调。

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monotony：单音，单调，千篇一律

词根词缀： mono-单 + -ton-声音 + -y名词词尾