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Where does “tunic” come from?

Tunic comes from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, a garment worn as an undertunic or shirt in Roman dress.

tunic (English): A garment worn over the torso, with or without...

Definitions

  1. A garment worn over the torso, with or without...

Ancestry of “tunic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtuniquemembrane; tunic
2Old Frenchtuniquetunic
3Latintunicatunic, an undergarment worn by both men and...

Words derived from “tunic”

  • undertunic
  • tunicked
  • overtunic
  • tunicin
  • supertunic
  • tuniclike
  • tunicwise
  • tunicless
  • subtunic
  • チュニック
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