Interlingue

Noun

tunica

1. tunic

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tunica. Compare the inherited tonaca.

Noun

tunica f ‎(plural tuniche)

1. (clothing, anatomy, botany) tunic

Derived terms

• tunicati
• tunicato

Anagrams

• canuti, cuntai, cutina, incuta

Latin

opifex in tunicā (a worker in a tunic)

Etymology

Probably of Semitic origin^[1]; see also Aramaic [script needed] ‎(kittuna), Hebrew כותנתה ‎(kuttoneth, “coat”), Ancient Greek χιτών ‎(khitṓn), but Etruscan has been suggested as well^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ni.ka/

Noun

tunica f ‎(genitive tunicae); first declension

1. tunic, an undergarment worn by both men and women
2. (figuratively) a coating, membrane, peel

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• tunicātus
• tunicō
• tunicopallium
• tunicula

Descendants

References

• tunica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tunica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TUNICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tunica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• tunica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tunica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Notes:

1. ↑ The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures , Volume 18
2. ↑ Giuliano Bonfante & Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan language: An introduction, 2nd ed., 2002. p.114