Etymology

Tataouine

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Today it means: A city in southern Tunisia. Full definition →

French Tataouine ← Arabic تَطَاوِين ← sds tiṭṭawin
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The story

  1. sds · derived fromtiṭṭawin“springs”
  2. Arabic · derived fromتَطَاوِين
  3. French · borrowed fromTataouine
  4. English todayTataouine

From French Tataouine, from Arabic تَطَاوِين (taṭāwīn), from Tunisian Berber tiṭṭawin (“springs”).

Words from the same roots

FrenchTataouine all →

Tatooine

Arabicتَطَاوِين all →

Tatooine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.