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

  1. Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or...

Ancestry of “-nado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtornadoA violent windstorm characterized by a mobile,...
2Englishternado—
3Spanishtronadathunderstorm
4Spanishtronarto thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail
5Latintonōto thunder
6Latintonāre—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tenh₂-to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...

Words derived from “-nado”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- →Every word from Latin tonāre →Every word from Latin tonō →