Ringtone etymology

English

English word ringtone comes from English ring, English tone

Etymology of ringtone

Detailed word origin of ringtone

Dictionary entry Language Definition
ring English (en) (British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of [...]
tone English (en) (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.. (transitive) to change the colour of. (transitive) to give a particular tone to. (transitive) to make (something) firmer (now, _, dialectal) The one (of two). (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the [...]
ringtone English (en) The sound made by a telephone when ringing, especially the customizable tone of a mobile phone.

Words with the same origin as ringtone

Descendants of tone

tonic tony