English word monotone comes from Latin monotonus
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| monotonus | Latin (lat) | |
| monotone | English (eng) | (ambitransitive) To speak in a monotone. A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound (mathematics) of a function: having the property of either always decreasing or always increasing. (of speech or a sound) having a single unvaried pitch. |