Where does “tako-tsubo” come from?

tako-tsubo (French) comes from Japanese 蛸壷, from Japanese 蛸 — octopus.

tako-tsubo (French): Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Definitions

  1. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Ancestry of “tako-tsubo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蛸壷octopus pot; foxhole
2Japanese蛸octopus
Every word from Japanese 蛸 →Every word from Japanese 蛸壷 →