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Where does “tamarindo” come from?

tamarindo (Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ — tamarind.

tamarindo (Portuguese): tamarind

Definitions

  1. tamarind

Ancestry of “tamarindo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintamarindus—
2Arabicتَمْر هِنْدِيّtamarind
Every word from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ →