English
timballo
Timballo comes from Italian timballo ‘timbale’, and goes back to Arabic طَبْل.
- Arabicc. 500–presentطَبْل
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500tambala
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttimbale‘timbale (mould)’
- Italianc. 1300–presenttimballo‘timbale’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentطَبْل
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500tambala
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttimbale‘timbale (mould)’
- Italianc. 1300–presenttimballo‘timbale’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
Earliest quotation: 1997, 07: “Polenta-Cheese Timballo Polenta-Cheese Timballos with Eggs and Spinach”.
Every English word from Arabic طَبْل
Today it means
noun A timbale (food).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic طَبْل / timballo