Where does “tonitruant” come from?

tonitruant (English) comes from Latin tonitruans, from Latin tonitrus, from Latin tonitus, from Latin tonō, from Latin tonāre, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- — to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...

tonitruant (English): Synonym of tonitruous

Definitions

  1. Synonym of tonitruous

Ancestry of “tonitruant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintonitruans—
2Latintonitrusthunder
3Latintonitusthundered
4Latintonōto thunder
5Latintonāre—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tenh₂-to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- →Every word from Latin tonāre →Every word from Latin tonō →