Where does “tonne” come from?
Tonne comes from French tonne, a unit of weight or capacity in commerce and trade.
tonne (English): A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms....
Definitions
- A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms....
Ancestry of “tonne”, step by step
tonne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Tonne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tonne | barrel, vat, tun, drum; tonne, ton, metric ton;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | tunne | — |
| 3 | Old High German | tunna | — |
| 4 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
via French tonne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tonne | tonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular... |