Thursday, 10 November 2022

Is 'dorp' English, or is it actually Afrikaans?

'Dorp' is a word borrowed from Afrikaans 'dorp'. The word entered the English language some time around 1576.


dorp [noun] [circa 1576]
Village
See 'dorp' on the Loan Words Map

See more loan words from Afrikaans.

Etymology: Dutch, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German 'dorf' village
See more loan words from 1500s.


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