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tonel.

barrel

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Meaning & usage

noun/toˈnel/[t̪oˈnel]
  1. barrel

    masculine
  2. barrel roll

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *tondeh₂ Proto-Celtic *tondā Gaulishbor.? Medieval Latin tunna Old French tone Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French tonelbor. Old Spanish tonel Spanish tonel Inherited from Old Spanish tonel, borrowed from Old French tonel (“barrel”), diminutive of tone (“large barrel”), from Late Latin tunna. Probably entered through Old Galician-Portuguese or Old Aragonese, where it seems to have been borrowed earlier. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonel and Catalan tona.

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