Where does “-nado” come from?

-nado (English) comes from English tornado, from English ternado, from Spanish tronada, from Spanish tronar, from Latin tonō, from Latin tonāre, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- — to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...

-nado (English): Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or...

Definitions

Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or...

Ancestry of “-nado”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	tornado	A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile,...
2	English	ternado	—
3	Spanish	tronada	thunderstorm
4	Spanish	tronar	to thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail
5	Latin	tonō	to thunder
6	Latin	tonāre	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	(s)tenh₂-	to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...

Words derived from “-nado”

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