trom

Meaning

boom (loud, resonant sound)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɾõ/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: trono

Cognate with Spanish: trueno

Cognate with Catalan: tro

Cognate with Occitan: tron

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese trõo, from trõar, or alternatively from Latin tonus (“thunderclap; sound, tone”), probably through a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin form *tronus, influenced by *tronitus < tonitrus. Compare Galician trono, Spanish trueno, Catalan tro, Occitan tron. See also tom, a possible doublet.