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Where does “typhoon” come from?

Typhoon comes from English adoption of Chinese 大風, originally meaning "great wind."

typhoon (English): A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific...

Definitions

  1. A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific...

Ancestry of “typhoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetufãotyphoon
2Arabicطُوفَانstorm, flood; storm; typhoon; storm, deluge,...
3Classical Syriacܛܰܘܦܳܢܳܐ—

Words derived from “typhoon”

  • supertyphoon
  • typhoonlike
  • typhoonic
  • typhoonproof
  • Taifun
  • tajfun
  • tájfun
  • tájfunok
  • tayfun
  • taifun
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