Etymology

tamarind

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Today it means: A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica. Full definition →

Middle English thamarynde ← Old French tamarinde ← Medieval Latin tamarindus
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromتَمْر هِنْدِيّ
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromtamarindus
  3. Old French · derived fromtamarinde
  4. Middle English · inherited fromthamarynde
  5. English todaytamarind

From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.