Where does “tonnarotto” come from?
tonnarotto (Italian) comes from Italian tonnara, from Italian tonno, from Late Latin tunnus, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος, from Ancient Greek θύνω — to rush along.
tonnarotto (Italian): A worker in a tonnara
Ancestry of “tonnarotto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tonnara | A set of especially disposed fishing nets used to... |
| 2 | Italian | tonno | tuna, specifically |
| 3 | Late Latin | tunnus | — |
| 4 | Latin | thunnus | tuna |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θύννος | tuna |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | θύνω | to rush along |
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