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

kilotonnage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tonnage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtonnageThe number of tons of water that a floating ship...
2Old Frenchtonnage—

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram
Every word from Old French tonnage →Every word from English tonnage →