tornado

tornado
tornado (n.) 1550s, navigator's word for violent windy thunderstorm in the tropical Atlantic, probably a mangled borrowing from Sp. tronada "thunderstorm," from tronar "to thunder," from L. tonare "to thunder" (see THUNDER (Cf. thunder)). Metathesis of -o- and -r- in modern spelling influenced by Sp. tornar "to twist, turn," from L. tornare "to turn." Meaning "extremely violent whirlwind" is first found 1620s.

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