Etymology of the English word astonishing
the English word
astonishingderived from the English word
astonishderived from the Old French word
estonerderived from the Latin root
*extonarederived from the Latin word
tonare (it thunders; thunder; speak thunderous tones, thunderously)
using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the English word
astoneusing the English suffix
-ingUsage
Word found in Modern English
