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

Every word from Classical Syriac ܛܰܘܦܳܢܳܐEvery word from Arabic طُوفَانEvery word from Portuguese tufão