typhoon
Pacific tropical cyclone
Today this word meansA tropical cyclone arising in the northwest Pacific.
It overlaps in sound with Typhon, the monstrous giant of Greek myth.
But the word's actual path tangles together Arabic ṭūfān (deluge) and southern Chinese dialect pronunciations of 大風 ("great wind").
Worth noting
The common explanation that "typhoon comes from Typhon" is an oversimplification. The closest thing to consensus is that several strands mixed and settled into the modern spelling.