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Where does “kilotonnage” come from?

kilotonnage (English) comes from English tonnage, from Old French tonnage.

kilotonnage (English): The destructive power of an explosive, measured...

Definitions

  1. The destructive power of an explosive, measured...

Ancestry of “kilotonnage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtonnageThe number of tons of water that a floating ship...
2Old Frenchtonnage—
Every word from Old French tonnage →