Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango. · A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine. · A piece of music suited to such a dance. · A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
To dance the tango. · To mingle or interact (with each other).
Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).
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- Cognate mentiontamguibb
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