Where does “timbale” come from?

timbale (English) comes from French timbale, from Old Occitan tambala, from Arabic طَبْل, from Middle Iranian tabir.

timbale (English): A drum-shaped mould used to cook food; An...

Definitions

  1. A drum-shaped mould used to cook food; An...

Ancestry of “timbale”, step by step

timbale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French timbale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtimbalekettledrum; timpani; cup, goblet; timbale
2Old Occitantambala—
3Arabicطَبْلdrum
4Middle Iraniantabir—

via Spanish timbal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtimbalkettledrum; meatpie
Every word from Middle Iranian tabir →Every word from Arabic طَبْل →Every word from Old Occitan tambala →