Etymograph

English

tabor

Tabor comes from Old French tabour, and goes back to Arabic طُنْبُور ‘tanbur’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentطُنْبُورṭunbūr‘tanbur’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tabour
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1766tabor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentطُنْبُورṭunbūr‘tanbur’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tabour
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1766tabor

Earliest quotation: 1766, Oliver Goldsmith: “Being apprized of our approach, the whole neighbourhood came…”

Linked words

through Arabic طُنْبُور ‘tanbur’

tambourine, 2 more

Today it means

noun A small drum.

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

Etymograph / Arabic طُنْبُور / tabor

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