Etymology

green mamba

Today it means: Dendroaspis angusticeps, a venomous snake native to Africa, the common mamba, eastern green mamba. Full definition →

Zulu imamba
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The story

  1. Zulu · derived fromimamba
  2. English todaygreen mamba

Compound of green + mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Words from the same roots

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mamba

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.