tunic

Meanings

1. A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
2. Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.
3. Synonym of gymslip.

Etymology

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.