词根：-mon-

【词根含义】：提醒,警告;单一,公共

【词根来源】：分别来源于拉丁语动词moneo, monere, monui, monitus(劝勉,提醒)和形容词monos, -e, -on(单一的)。

【同源单词】：acrimonious, acrimony, admonish, common, demonstration

词根：-ton-

【词根含义】：声音

【词根来源】：来源于希腊语tonos(拉伸,弹性→声音),其语义的转移来自于“张紧琴弦以发声”的概念,在拉丁语中为tonus(声音),进入古法语为ton。

【同源单词】：intonation, monotone, monotonous, monotony, tone

词根词缀：mono-, mon-

【来源及含义】Greek: one, alone, single; a number used as a prefix

【同源单词】antimonopoly, bigamy, electric monopole, fibrous dysplasia, infectious mononucleosis, monacanthid

词根词缀：tono-, ton-, -tonia, -tonic, -tonous, -tony (sound)

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: sound, tone; [Greek tonos, "that which is stretched, a stretching, a straining, a pitch of the voice, a musical note"]

【同源单词】aerotonometer, aerotonometry, atonal, atonic, barytone, detonate