tornado
English
/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile, twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian tronada (thunderstorm) derived from Latin tonō (thunder, I thunder, resound) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (thunder).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)tenh₂-
Gloss
thunder
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雷
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- horse English
- horse tornado English
- nontornadic English
- tornadic English
- tornadolike English
- tornadoproof English
- *tronitus Latin
- detono Latin
- intono Latin
- tono Latin
- tonāre Latin
- tonō Latin
- Tornado German
- tornade French
- торнадо Russian
- tornado Spanish, Castilian
- tornar Spanish, Castilian
- tronada Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)ten- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)tenh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- tornado Norwegian Bokmål
- *stunōną Proto-Germanic
- *Þunraz Proto-Germanic
- *þunraz Proto-Germanic
- トルネード Japanese
- tornado Polish
- tornado Norwegian Nynorsk
- tornádó Irish
- tornado Danish
- tornado Serbo-Croatian
- تندر Persian
- ทอร์นาโด Thai
- *toranos Proto-Celtic
- tun Aromanian
- tornado Scots