tonto
English
adj
Definitions
- (slang) crazy, mad
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian tonto (stupid, silly, fool) derived from Latin attonitus (dazed, stunned, struck by lightning, stupefied).
Origin
Latin
attonitus
Gloss
dazed, stunned, struck by lightning, stupefied
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attonitus Latin
- attonito Italian
- tonto Italian
- architonto Spanish, Castilian
- atontar Spanish, Castilian
- atuendo Spanish, Castilian
- atónito Spanish, Castilian
- entontecer Spanish, Castilian
- tontamente Spanish, Castilian
- tontear Spanish, Castilian
- tontera Spanish, Castilian
- tontería Spanish, Castilian
- tonto Spanish, Castilian
- tonto del haba Spanish, Castilian
- tontuelo Spanish, Castilian
- atónito Portuguese
- tonto Portuguese
- tunto Tetelcingo Nahuatl