Where does “تونت” come from?

تونت (North Levantine Arabic) comes from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

تونت (North Levantine Arabic): aunt, auntie

Definitions

  1. aunt, auntie

Ancestry of “تونت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtanteaunt
2Middle Frenchtante
3Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
4Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
5Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
6Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma-Every word from Latin amitaEvery word from Old French ante
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