Where does “cymbal” come from?

cymbal (Middle English) comes from Old French cimbale, from Latin cymbalum, from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον, from Ancient Greek κύμβη — Hollow of a vessel: drinking cup, bowl; Synonym...

Ancestry of “cymbal”, step by step

cymbal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French cimbale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcimbale—
2Latincymbalumcymbal; genitive plural of cymbalum
3Ancient Greekκύμβαλονcymbal
4Ancient GreekκύμβηHollow of a vessel: drinking cup, bowl; Synonym...

via Old English cimbal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcimbalcymbal

via Old English cimbala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcimbala—

Words derived from “cymbal”

Every word from Ancient Greek κύμβη →Every word from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον →Every word from Latin cymbalum →