Where does “tonaiòtto” come from?
tonaiòtto (Ligurian) comes from Italian tonnarotto, from Italian tonnara, from Italian tonno, from Late Latin tunnus, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος, from Ancient Greek θύνω — to rush along.
tonaiòtto (Ligurian): A worker in a tonæa
Ancestry of “tonaiòtto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tonnarotto | A worker in a tonnara |
| 2 | Italian | tonnara | A set of especially disposed fishing nets used to... |
| 3 | Italian | tonno | tuna, specifically |
| 4 | Late Latin | tunnus | — |
| 5 | Latin | thunnus | tuna |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | θύννος | tuna |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | θύνω | to rush along |