English
typhon
Typhon may come from Ancient Greek Τυφῶν ‘Typhon, father of the winds’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤυφῶνTuphôn‘Typhon, father of the winds’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1749typhon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤυφῶνTuphôn‘Typhon, father of the winds’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1749typhon
Earliest quotation: a. 1749, James Thomson, Summer: “The circling typhon whirled from point to point.”
The story
Perhaps from Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”); see typhoon.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘mist, smoke, haze’
down, steam, dye, funk, dew, dun, dune, duvet, dag, fume, thymus, obfuscate, fumigation, 27 more
Today it means
noun A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Τυφῶν / typhon