English
Tunagate
From tuna + -gate.
Formed from tuna + -gate
Ancient Greek θύννος ‘tuna (fish)’
Latin thunnus
Arabic اَلتُّنّ
Spanish atún ‘tuna (fish)’
United States Spanish tuna
English tuna
Today it means
name A 1985 Canadian political scandal involving large quantities of tuna that were declared unfit for human consumption but later sold to the public.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tunagate