Where does “tornado” come from?

tornado (Polish) comes from English tornado, from English ternado, 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 (Polish): tornado, twister, whirlwind

Definitions

  1. tornado, twister, whirlwind

Ancestry of “tornado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtornadoA violent windstorm characterized by a mobile,...
2Englishternado—
3Spanishtronadathunderstorm
4Spanishtronarto thunder; to bust, ruin; to fail
5Latintonōto thunder
6Latintonāre—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tenh₂-to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan; thunder; to...
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