Where does “tona” come from?

tona (Polish) comes from French tonne, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tona (Polish): tonne; ton

Definitions

  1. tonne; ton

Ancestry of “tona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtonnetonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular...
2Latintunnatun, box
3Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
4Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “tona”

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