Where does “tornado” come from?

tornado (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Spanish tronada, from Spanish tronar, from Latin tonō, from Latin tonāre, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- — to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...

tornado (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tornado

Definitions

  1. a tornado

Ancestry of “tornado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtronadathunderstorm
2Spanishtronarto thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail
3Latintonōto thunder
4Latintonāre—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tenh₂-to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tenh₂- →Every word from Latin tonāre →Every word from Latin tonō →