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Typhoon

2 stages from Cantonese Chinese to English.

Today it means a severe tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian Ocean
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Stage 1 of 2
tai fung
Cantonese Chinese · medieval
"big wind"
literally "big wind", used for the powerful storms of the region
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Stage 2 of 2
typhoon
English · 1500s-1700s
"a powerful tropical cyclone in the western Pacific"
adopted through European trade contact in East Asia, reinforced by a similar Arabic-derived word
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