Etymology

carom

C3A1R1O1M3

Today it means: A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. Full definition →

French caramboleder.? ← Spanish carambola ← Portuguese carambola
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The story

  1. Sanskritकर्मार (karmā́ra)
  2. Marathiकरंबळ (karambaḷ)
  3. Malaykaramba
  4. Portuguesecarambola
  5. Spanishcarambola
  6. Frenchcaramboleder.?
  7. English todaycarom

Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.