Where does “tornade” come from?
tornade (French) comes from Spanish tornado, from English tornado, from English ternado, from Spanish tronada, from Spanish tronar, from Latin tonō, from Latin tonāre, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- — to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...
tornade (French): tornado
Definitions
- tornado
Ancestry of “tornade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tornado | tornado |
| 2 | English | tornado | A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile,... |
| 3 | English | ternado | — |
| 4 | Spanish | tronada | thunderstorm |
| 5 | Spanish | tronar | to thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail |
| 6 | Latin | tonō | to thunder |
| 7 | Latin | tonāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tenh₂- | to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to... |