Where does “toon” come from?
toon (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin tabonem, from Latin tabanus — gadfly, horsefly.
Ancestry of “toon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | tabonem | — |
| 2 | Latin | tabanus | gadfly, horsefly |
Words derived from “toon”