Where does “tonto” come from?
tonto (Italian) comes from Latin attonitus, from Latin attono, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
tonto (Italian): stupid, silly, dumb, foolish; a fool, a stupid...
Definitions
- stupid, silly, dumb, foolish; a fool, a stupid...
Ancestry of “tonto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | attonitus | struck by lightning; stunned, stupefied, dazed |
| 2 | Latin | attono | I strike with lightning; I distract |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |