Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “tanga” come from?

tanga (Italian) comes from Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga.

tanga (Italian): inflection of tangere: ##...

Definitions

  1. inflection of tangere: ##...

Ancestry of “tanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetangaloincloth; a very small bikini
2Kimbundutanga—
Every word from Kimbundu tanga →