Etymology

tambiolo

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Today it means: A fish bowl or barrel-shaped container where balls used in a raffle or a lottery are placed. In the case of a raffle, tickets may also be used. Can be made out of wire, glass, clear plastic, etc. Often has a handle, which, when rotated, mixes up the balls or tickets. Full definition →

Philippine Spanish tambiolo ← Italian tombola
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromtombola
  2. Philippine Spanish · borrowed fromtambiolo
  3. English todaytambiolo

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish tambiolo, from tambo + -i- + Italian -olo. See also Spanish tómbola, which is also from Italian tombola. Compare Tagalog tambiyolo.

Words from the same roots

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tombola

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