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Where does “tonner” come from?

tonner (French) comes from Latin tonō, from Latin tonāre, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- — to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...

tonner (French): to thunder

Definitions

  1. to thunder

Ancestry of “tonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintonō—
2Latintonāre—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tenh₂-to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...
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