tunny
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) Tuna.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French thon derived from Old Occitan ton derived from Latin thunnus (tuna) derived from Ancient Greek θύννος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
θύννος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- thunniform English
- tunnyfish English
- *thunnina Latin
- *tum Latin
- thunnus Latin
- tunnus Latin
- Thunfisch German
- thon French
- θύννος Ancient Greek
- tunfisk Norwegian Bokmål
- tunfisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- تن Arabic
- تن, اَلتُّنّ Arabic
- تُنَّ Arabic
- ton Catalan, Valencian
- tonyina Catalan, Valencian
- thon Middle French
- תנין Hebrew (modern)
- ton Old Occitan