Where does “tonnel” come from?

tonnel (Middle French) comes from English Tunnel, from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

tonnel (Middle French): barrel

Definitions

  1. barrel

Ancestry of “tonnel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
2Old Frenchtonelbarrel
3Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
4Late Latintunnatun, box
5Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin

Words derived from “tonnel”

Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →