myEtymology.com: English etymology of mambo

Etymology of the English word mambo

the English word mambo

derived from the American-Spanish word mambo

derived from the American-Spanish word mamboo

derived from the American word Spanish

derived from the Quechua word cc'arki:

derived from the Chibcha word zipa

derived from the Nahuatl word tzictli

derived from the Latin word gramen (grass, turf; herb)

derived from the Carib word grugru

derived from the Nahuatl word ahuacamolli

derived from the Nahuatl word ahuacatl

derived from the Nahuatl word molli

derived from the Miskito word kwamu

derived from the Quechua word huanu

derived from the Nahuatl word cuauhuli

derived from the Nahuatl word cuahuitl

derived from the Nahuatl word uli

derived from the Nahuatl word uatzin

derived from the Nahuatl word quetzalli

derived from the Spanish word rumbo

derived from the Late Latin word rhombus (turbot, flatfish; magician's circle)

derived from the Greek word rhombos, ῥόμβος (rhomboid)

derived from the Greek word rhembo

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-

derived from the American word café

derived from the American word rancho

derived from the Spanish word corvino

derived from the Classical Latin word corvinus (raven-, of, belonging)

derived from the Latin word corvus (military engine; grappling iron; surgical instrument; raven; cormorant)

derived from the Spanish word Spanish

derived from the Latin word ruga (wrinkle; wrinkle; crease, small fold)

derived from the Latin word Latinus (Latin; of Latium; of)

either from a pre-Indo-European language or from Proto-Indo-European *stela- "to spread", referring to the open plains of the region.

Word found in Modern English