'Aubergine' is a word borrowed from Arabic 'al-bāḏinjān'. The word entered the English language some time around 1794.
aubergine [noun] [1794]
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Etymology: French, from Catalan 'albergínia' from Arabic 'al-bādhinjān' the eggplant, ultimately from Middle Indo-Aryan '*vātiñjaṇa-' 'vātiṅgaṇa-'
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