tonelada

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*tunna“hide, skin”
2. Late Latin · derived fromtunna“tun”
3. Old French · derived fromtonel“little tun, cask”
4. Spanish · borrowed fromtonelada
5. English todaytonelada

From Portuguese and Spanish tonelada, from tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”).