Etymograph

English

Sambo

Sambo comes from Spanish zambo ‘bowlegged, bandy-legged’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentzambo‘bowlegged, bandy-legged’
  2. EnglishtodaySambo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentzambo‘bowlegged, bandy-legged’
  2. EnglishtodaySambo

Linked words

through Ancient Greek στραβός ‘squinting, squint-eyed’

strabismus, 1 more

Today it means

noun A black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish zambo / Sambo

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