Etymology

imbé

Today it means: A South American liana, Philodendron imbe. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese imbé ← Tupian
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The story

  1. Tupian · derived from
  2. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed fromimbé
  3. English todayimbé

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese imbé, from Tupian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.