▪ In Tu, the word is attested for the first time in Aḥmed Vefīḳ Paşa’s
Luġat-ı ʕOs̱mānī (
1876), where it is said to have come from the Sudan and recently have become popular – Nişanyan (24Jul2014).
▪ Engl
gumbo may be akin to Ar
bām(i)yā (
bām(i)yaẗ, pronounced
bamya). Its etymology is given by
EtymOnline as »
1805, from Louisiana Fr, probably ultimately from a Central Bantu dialect (compare Mbundu
ngombo ‘okra’).«
▪ Fr
gombo: First attested in
1757 as
gombaut,
1764 gombo (Jacquin,
Observationes botanicae, 2ᵉ part., p. 11 ds Roll,
Flore, t. 3, p. 76). Terme des Antilles françaises issu du bantou de région angolaise
ki-ngombo – http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/gombo.