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Where does “tonnelle” come from?

tonnelle (Middle French) comes from Old French tonne — ton; cask.

tonnelle (Middle French): barrel; underground tube

Definitions

  1. barrel; underground tube

Ancestry of “tonnelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtonneton; cask

Words derived from “tonnelle”

  • tunnel
  • tunneling
  • Eurotunnel
  • tunneler
  • tunnellike
  • tunneller
  • microtunnel
  • cotunneling
  • tunnelway
  • tunnelly
  • tunnel broker
  • tunnelball
  • tunnelable
  • asstunnel
  • nanotunnel
  • narcotúnel
  • túnel
  • tunnel
  • tunnel
  • nanotunnel
  • Tunnelblick
  • Karpaltunnelsyndrom
  • Karpaltunnel
  • Tunnel
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