When you say 'scimitar' are you speaking Italian?

'Scimitar' is a word borrowed from Italian 'scmitarra'. The word entered the English language some time around 1562.

scimitar [noun] [1562]

A saber having a curved blade with the edge on the convex side and used chiefly by Arabs and Turks

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Etymology: Italian 'scimitarra'

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