Where does “tornadique” come from?
tornadique (French) comes from French tornade, from Spanish tornado, from English tornado, from English ternado, from Spanish tronada, from Spanish tronar, from Latin tonō, from Latin tonāre — to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...
tornadique (French): tornadic
Definitions
- tornadic
Ancestry of “tornadique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tornade | tornado |
| 2 | Spanish | tornado | tornado |
| 3 | English | tornado | A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile,... |
| 4 | English | ternado | — |
| 5 | Spanish | tronada | thunderstorm |
| 6 | Spanish | tronar | to thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail |
| 7 | Latin | tonō | to thunder |
| 8 | Latin | tonāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tenh₂- | to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to... |