Where does “toon” come from?

toon (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin tabonem, from Latin tabanus — gadfly, horsefly.

Ancestry of “toon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintabonem—
2Latintabanusgadfly, horsefly
Every word from Latin tabanus →Every word from Vulgar Latin tabonem →
toon — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer