Etymology

tango

tan·go
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Today it means: A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango. Full definition →

Rioplatense Spanish tango ← Niger-Congo
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tango · noun, verb1

  1. Niger-Congo · derived from
  2. Rioplatense Spanish · borrowed fromtango
  3. English todaytango

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).

tango · noun2

  1. English · derived fromtango
  2. translingual · derived fromTango
  3. English todaytango

From translingual Tango (representing the letter T), from English tango (see above).

Tango · proper noun3

  1. Japanese · borrowed from丹後
  2. Italian · borrowed fromTango
  3. English todayTango

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tango, probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Japanese 丹後 (Tango), the name of an old province of central Japan.

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