Etymograph

English

tympanic

From tympanum + -ic.

A compound of tympanum + -ic

Ancient Greek τῠ́μπᾰνον ‘a kettledrum, drum’

Latin tympanum ‘a drum, timbrel, tambourine’

English tympanum

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, or resembling a drum.

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