English
Tunis
Tunis comes from Arabic تُونِس.
- Arabicc. 500–presentتُونِسtūnis
- Englishearliest quotation 1600Tunis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentتُونِسtūnis
- Englishearliest quotation 1600Tunis
Earliest quotation: 1600, Joannes Leo Africanus, A Geographical Historie of Africa: “Some of the citizens of Tunis have certaine fields…”
Every English word from Arabic تُونِس
Today it means
name A city on the northern coast of Africa
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic تُونِس / Tunis