Where does “tamburo” come from?

tamburo (Esperanto) comes from French tambour, from Arabic طُنْبُور, from Persian دنب بره — lamb's tail.

tamburo (Esperanto): drum

Definitions

  1. drum

Ancestry of “tamburo”, step by step

tamburo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tambour

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtambourdrum; tambour
2Arabicطُنْبُور—
3Persianدنب برهlamb's tail

via Italian tamburo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantamburodrum; brake drum; A box into which anonymous...

Words derived from “tamburo”

Every word from Persian دنب بره →Every word from Arabic طُنْبُور →Every word from French tambour →