Where does “tontolone” come from?
tontolone (Italian) comes from Italian tonto, from Latin attonitus, from Latin attono, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
tontolone (Italian): dumb, thick, stupid
Definitions
- dumb, thick, stupid
Ancestry of “tontolone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tonto | stupid, silly, dumb, foolish; a fool, a stupid... |
| 2 | Latin | attonitus | struck by lightning; stunned, stupefied, dazed |
| 3 | Latin | attono | I strike with lightning; I distract |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |