tornado
/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/ · noun
Meaning
- A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
- To sweep through something violently.
Etymology / origin
From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”).
- tornō(la)→
- tornar(Spanish)→
- *(s)tenh₂-(ine-pro)→
- tonō(la)→
- tronada(Spanish)→
- tornado (English)
- Relations: der, der, der, cog, cog
Related words
tronada(Spanish)tonō(la)*(s)tenh₂-(ine-pro)tornar(Spanish)tornō(la)tornádo(Czech)tornado(Danish)tornado(Esperanto)tornado(Finnish)Tornado(German)tornádó(Irish)tornado(Italian)トルネード(Japanese)토네이도(Korean)tornado(Norwegian Bokmål)tornado(Norwegian Nynorsk)торнадо(Russian)tornado(Scots)tornado(Spanish)ทอร์นาโด(Thai)טאָרנאַדאָ(Yiddish)
Descendant words
- tornádo(Czech) (bor)
- tornado(Danish) (der)
- tornado(Esperanto) (der)
- tornado(Finnish) (bor)
- Tornado(German) (der)
- tornádó(Irish) (bor)
- tornado(Italian) (bor)
- トルネード(Japanese) (bor)
- 토네이도(Korean) (bor)
- tornado(Norwegian Bokmål) (der)
- tornado(Norwegian Nynorsk) (der)
- торнадо(Russian) (bor)
- tornado(Scots) (der)
- tornado(Spanish) (bor)
- ทอร์นาโด(Thai) (bor)
- טאָרנאַדאָ(Yiddish) (bor)
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