English
Tonne
Tonne comes from German Tonne ‘for collecting waste or surplus, such as a…’, and goes back to Latin tunna ‘tun, box’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtunna‘tun, box’
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050same form
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350tunne
- Germanc. 1650–presentTonne‘for collecting waste or surplus, such as a bin, dumpster/skip, water butt’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtunna‘tun, box’
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050same form
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350tunne
- Germanc. 1650–presentTonne‘for collecting waste or surplus, such as a bin, dumpster/skip, water butt’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tend- ‘to cut off’
attend, intense, intent, intensive, pretentious, ostensible, détente, 7 more
through Latin tunna ‘tun, box’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tunna / Tonne