Etymology

Tobago

To·ba·go
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Today it means: An island and ward of the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago. Full definition →

Spanish tabaco
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromtabaco“tobacco”
  2. English todayTobago

Probably from Spanish tabaco (“tobacco”), thus a doublet of tobacco.

Words from the same roots

Spanishtabaco all →

tobaccoTabaco

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