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tornado

Betekenis (Engels)

Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/
Etymologie (Engels)

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”).

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