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Where does “thonaire” come from?

thonaire (French) comes from French thon, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος, from Ancient Greek θύνω — to rush along.

thonaire (French): tuna net

Definitions

  1. tuna net

Ancestry of “thonaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchthontuna; an ugly woman
2Latinthunnustuna
3Ancient Greekθύννοςtuna
4Ancient Greekθύνωto rush along
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