The story
- Arabic · derived fromتَمْر هِنْدِيّ
- Medieval Latin · derived fromtamarindus
- Old French · derived fromtamarinde
- Middle English · inherited fromthamarynde
- 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.