Where does “megatonă” come from?

megatonă (Romanian) comes from French mégatonne, 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.

megatonă (Romanian): megaton

Definitions

  1. megaton

Ancestry of “megatonă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmégatonnemegaton
2Frenchtonnetonne, metric ton; ton; first-person singular...
3Latintunnatun, box
4Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
5Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tondā →