Where does “tonnerre” come from?

tonnerre (French) comes from Old French tuneire, 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...

tonnerre (French): thunder

Definitions

  1. thunder

Ancestry of “tonnerre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtuneire—
2Latintonitrusthunder
3Latintonitusthundered
4Latintonōto thunder
5Latintonāre—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tenh₂-to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...

Words derived from “tonnerre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- →Every word from Latin tonāre →Every word from Latin tonō →