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Where does “tutun” come from?

tutun (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish توتون, from Proto-Turkic tütün — smoke.

tutun (Romanian): tobacco; type of tobacco

Definitions

  1. tobacco; type of tobacco

Ancestry of “tutun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتوتونtobacco; smoke
2Proto-Turkictütünsmoke
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