Etymograph

English

Tunalock

Blend of tuna + Sherlock.

A blend of tuna + Sherlock

Ancient Greek θύννος ‘tuna (fish)’

Latin thunnus

Arabic اَلتُّنّ

Spanish atún ‘tuna (fish)’

United States Spanish tuna

English tuna

Old English scir-locc ‘bright-lock’

English Sherlock

Today it means

noun A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tunalock