thon

French

noun

Definitions

tuna
(pejorative) an ugly woman

Etymology

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

thunniform English
*thunnina Latin
thunnus Latin
tunnus Latin
Thunfisch German
thonaire French
thonier French
θύννος Ancient Greek
tunfisk Norwegian Bokmål
tunfisk Norwegian Nynorsk
تن Arabic
تن, اَلتُّنّ Arabic
تُنَّ Arabic
tonyina Catalan, Valencian
ton Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
thon Middle French
תנין‎ Hebrew (modern)
ton Old Occitan
طون Moroccan Arabic
ton Antillean Creole