Note 189 — XV. (continued 2)

Typhoon, or Teí-fun, a strong wind. While some authors derive this word from the Arabic Tufan, a violent wind, others see in it the giant Typhos of Greek mythology, who was begotten by Tartarus of Earth, and from whom proceeded all that was disastrous and destructive. Whoever has experienced a typhoon will most readily acquiesce in the latter derivation.