Where does “tinusaĵo” come from?

tinusaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tinuso, from Latin [[thunnus]], [[thynnus]], from Ancient Greek θύννος, from Ancient Greek θύνω — to rush along.

tinusaĵo (Esperanto): tuna

Definitions

  1. tuna

Ancestry of “tinusaĵo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotinusotuna any of several species of fish of the genus
2Latin[[thunnus]], [[thynnus]]
3Ancient Greekθύννοςtuna
4Ancient Greekθύνωto rush along
Every word from Ancient Greek θύνωEvery word from Ancient Greek θύννοςEvery word from Latin [[thunnus]], [[thynnus]]