Where does “tonto” come from?
tonto (Portuguese) comes from Latin attonitus, from Latin attono, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
tonto (Portuguese): dizzy; stupid; silly, foolish
Definitions
- dizzy; stupid; silly, foolish
Ancestry of “tonto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | attonitus | struck by lightning; stunned, stupefied, dazed |
| 2 | Latin | attono | I strike with lightning; I distract |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “tonto”