Where does “tonelada” come from?

tonelada (Galician) comes from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

tonelada (Galician): ton, metric ton, megagram

Definitions

  1. ton, metric ton, megagram

Ancestry of “tonelada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtonelbarrel
2Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
3Late Latintunnatun, box
4Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin
Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →