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

Definitions

  1. A worker in a tonnara

Ancestry of “tonnarotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantonnaraA set of especially disposed fishing nets used to...
2Italiantonnotuna, specifically
3Late Latintunnus
4Latinthunnustuna
5Ancient Greekθύννοςtuna
6Ancient Greekθύνωto rush along

Words derived from “tonnarotto

Every word from Ancient Greek θύνωEvery word from Ancient Greek θύννοςEvery word from Latin thunnus
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