tunic

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A Roman dressed in a tunic.
A young boy in tunic and trousers.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic[1]; see also Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנתה (kuttoneth, “coat”); or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Etruscan. Existed in Old English as tunece; unknown if term was lost and then reborrowed later.

Pronunciation

Noun

tunic (plural tunics)

  1. A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎[1]:
      As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
  2. (anatomy, botany) Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

Translations

  1. ^ The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Volume 18

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