Where does “Tonkin” come from?

Tonkin (English) comes from English Thomas, from Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς, from Aramaic תאומא, from Aramaic תאמא — twin, double; Gemini.

Ancestry of “Tonkin”, step by step

Tonkin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Thomas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishThomasAn infidel
2Middle EnglishThomas—
3LatinThōmāsThomas the Apostle
4Ancient GreekΘωμᾶςThomas
5Aramaicתאומאtwin; Thomas
6Aramaicתאמאtwin, double; Gemini

via French Tonkin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTonkinthe northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region
2VietnameseĐông Kinha rural commune in Thái Bình, Vietnam
3Middle Chinese東east

Words derived from “Tonkin”

Every word from Aramaic תאמא →Every word from Aramaic תאומא →Every word from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς →