Where does “carambola” come from?

carambola (Portuguese) comes from French carambole, from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ, from Sanskrit कर्मार — a blacksmith.

carambola (Portuguese): star fruit

Definitions

  1. star fruit

Ancestry of “carambola”, step by step

carambola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French carambole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarambolestar fruit; red; French billiards
2Spanishcarambolastar fruit; fluke; double whammy; act of killing...
3Malaykarambal—
4Marathiकरंबळ—
5Sanskritकर्मारa blacksmith

via Portuguese caramba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecaramba!; gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn
2Spanishcarambagee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn
3Spanishcarajocock

Words derived from “carambola”

Every word from Sanskrit कर्मार →Every word from Marathi करंबळ →Every word from Malay karambal →