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Where does “tunnus” come from?
tunnus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek θύννος, from Ancient Greek θύνω — to rush along.
Ancestry of “tunnus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ancient Greek
θύννος
tuna
2
Ancient Greek
θύνω
to rush along
Words derived from “tunnus”
monotonous
monotone
monotonously
tonos
monotonousness
nonmonotone
nonmonotonous
antimonotone
emprosthotonos
nonmonotonously
unmonotonous
pseudomonotone
tonno
τόνος
tonnara
tonni
tonniera
tonniero
tonnarella
tonnarotto
μονότονος
toană
monotonus
tonaiòtto
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