tobacco

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromطُبَّاق“Dittrichia viscosa”
2. Spanish · borrowed fromtabaco
3. English todaytobacco

Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).

Words from the same roots