Τόνος
Thunnus thynnus
#nm_0324📍 Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Transliteration
- Tonos
- IPA
- /ˈtonos/
From Italian tonno (tuna) ↳ From Late Latin tunnus (tuna) ↳ From Ancient Greek θύννος thýnnos (tuna), making the modern word a reborrowing into Greek ↳ θύννος thýnnos is of disputed origin: traditionally linked to θύνω thýnō (to rush, dart), though a Phoenician source has also been proposed
Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the largest and fastest bony fish. Warm-blooded and highly migratory, capable of crossing the Atlantic. Prized for sushi and sashimi, now threatened by overfishing
Alternates: όρκινος (Greece)
Borrowed from: θύννος