English word monotony comes from Ancient Greek μονοτονία, and later French monotonie (Monotony.)

Detailed word origin of monotony

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
μονοτονία	Ancient Greek (grc)
monotonia	Late Latin (LL)
monotonie	French (fra)	Monotony.
monotony	English (eng)	(mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

Words with the same origin as monotony