Where does “tunelist” come from?

tunelist (Romanian) comes from Romanian tunel, from French tunnel, from English Tunnel, from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

tunelist (Romanian): tunneler

Definitions

  1. tunneler

Ancestry of “tunelist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantuneltunnel
2Frenchtunneltunnel
3EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
4Old Frenchtonelbarrel
5Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
6Late Latintunnatun, box
7Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin
Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →
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