tornado的词源

英文词源

tornado

tornado: [16] Tornado appears to denote etymologically something that ‘turns’, but this is due to a piece of English folk-etymologizing. Its actual source is Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm’, a derivative of the verb tronar ‘thunder’ (which in turn went back to Latin tonāre ‘thunder’, source of English astonish, detonate, etc). It was at first used in English for a ‘violent thunderstorm’, but confusion with Spanish tornado ‘turned’ had converted tronada into tornado, and as early as the 1620s we find it being applied to a ‘whirlwind’.
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tornado (n.)

1550s, ternado, navigator's word for violent windy thunderstorm in the tropical Atlantic, probably a mangled borrowing from Spanish tronada "thunderstorm," from tronar "to thunder," from Latin tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)). Also in 17c. spelled tornatho, tornathe, turnado; modern spelling by 1620s. Metathesis of -o- and -r- in modern spelling influenced by Spanish tornar "to twist, turn," from Latin tornare "to turn." Meaning "extremely violent whirlwind" is first found 1620s; specifically "destructive rotary funnel cloud" (especially in the U.S. Midwest) from 1849. Related: Tornadic.

中文词源

tornado：龙卷风 

来源于拉丁语tonare(打雷),在西班牙语中为tronar(打雷),tronada(暴风雨);最初进入英语表示“激烈的暴风雨”,但与西班牙语tornado(旋转的)混合后tronada转变成了tornado,在16世纪，其意义已转变为“旋转的风”。

词根词缀： tor(-tour-)迂回,转 + nado

同源词：astonish, detonate

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：tornado 词源，tornado 含义。

tornado：龙卷风，旋风，雷暴

来自西班牙语 tronada,雷暴，来自 tronar,打雷，来自拉丁语 tonare,打雷，词源同 thunder,Thor. 拼写和词义可能受到拉丁语 tornare 影响，来自 tornare,扭曲，转动，词源同 turn.引申词义龙 卷风，旋风。

tornado：龙卷风，旋风，雷暴

来自西班牙语 tronada,雷暴，来自 tronar,打雷，来自拉丁语 tonare,打雷，词源同 thunder,Thor. 拼写和词义可能受到拉丁语 tornare 影响，来自 tornare,扭曲，转动，词源同 turn.引申词义龙 卷风，旋风。