The story
- Arabic · derived fromطُنْبُور
- French · derived fromtambour“drum”
- French · borrowed fromtambourin“little drum”
- English todaytambourine
From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
Words from the same roots
Frenchtambourin all →
taborine
Frenchtambour all →
tambour
Arabicطُنْبُور all →
tabortambour
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.