Etymology

tunic

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Today it means: A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. Full definition →

Middle French tunique ← Latin tunica
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtunica
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromtunique
  3. English todaytunic

Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic (compare Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנת (kuttoneth, “coat”), English chiton); or from Etruscan. Existed in Old English as tunece; unknown if that term was lost and then reborrowed later. Doublet of tunica.

Words from the same roots

Latintunica all →

tunicatunica mediatunicary

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