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

Definitions

  1. A worker in a tonæa

Ancestry of “tonaiòtto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantonnarottoA worker in a tonnara
2ItaliantonnaraA set of especially disposed fishing nets used to...
3Italiantonnotuna, specifically
4Late Latintunnus
5Latinthunnustuna
6Ancient Greekθύννοςtuna
7Ancient Greekθύνωto rush along
Every word from Ancient Greek θύνωEvery word from Ancient Greek θύννοςEvery word from Latin thunnus