étonner
French
verb
Definitions
- to surprise
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *stunōn (make a loud sound).
Origin
Frankish
*stunōn
Gloss
make a loud sound
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tonare Latin
- intronare Italian
- rintronare Italian
- tronare Italian
- étonnement French
- *stunōną Proto-Germanic
- stunian Old English
- stunien Middle English
- *stunōn Frankish
- étonné Louisiana Creole French