tuna

Tuna is a Greek fish name that reached English the long way round: Latin thunnus, Andalusian Arabic at-tún, Spanish atún and finally California Spanish tuna, which American English borrowed in the 1880s.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to American English

From Latin to Middle French, English

From Andalusian Arabic to Portuguese

From American English to Japanese

472 BCEAncient Greek

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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