Etymology

tonlet

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Today it means: A long armoured skirt, designed for combat on foot. Full definition →

Middle English tonlet ← Old French tonnelet
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromtonnelet
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtonlet
  3. English todaytonlet

From Middle English tonlet, Old French tonnelet (French tonnelet (“high breeches; keg”)).

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