Where does “thunderpeal” come from?
thunderpeal (English) comes from English peal, from Middle English pele, from Middle English apel, from Old French apel, from Old French apeler, from Latin appellō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
thunderpeal (English): A peal of thunder
Definitions
- A peal of thunder
Ancestry of “thunderpeal”, step by step
thunderpeal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peal | A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | pele | shovel, peel |
| 3 | Middle English | apel | — |
| 4 | Old French | apel | call |
| 5 | Old French | apeler | to call, to call out |
| 6 | Latin | appellō | to drive or move to |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English thunder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thunder | The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound... |
| 2 | Middle English | thunder | Alternative form of thonder |
| 3 | Old English | Þunor | the Anglo-Saxon god of thunder, equivalent to Old Norse Þórr and Old High German Donar |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þunr | thunder |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | Þunraz | Thor, god of thunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ten- | to thunder, rustle, rumble, drone, groan; to... |