English
thunniform
Thunniform comes from Latin thunnus ‘tuna’, and goes back to Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθῠ́ννος‘tuna (fish)’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthunnus‘tuna’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999thunniform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθῠ́ννος‘tuna (fish)’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthunnus‘tuna’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999thunniform
Earliest quotation: 1999, Christopher McGowan: “The mackerel is a scombroid fish, like the tuna,…”
Formed from -iform
Linked words
through Latin thunnus ‘tuna’
Today it means
adj Resembling a tuna.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος / thunniform