Where does “Tonto” come from?

Tonto comes from Spanish tonto, derived from Latin attonitus (stunned), from Latin attono (to strike with thunder), formed from the prefix ad- and Latin ad, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.

Tonto (English): A sidekick; A Native American who accepts a...

Definitions

  1. A sidekick; A Native American who accepts a...

Ancestry of “Tonto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtontostupid; silly, foolish; a fool, a stupid person
2Western Apachekounʼndewild rough people
Every word from Western Apache kounʼnde