The Italian origins of the word 'carrozzo'

'Carrozzo' is a word borrowed from Italian 'carrozzo'.

carrozzo

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note: Tuscan adaptation of carrossa. Carriage (horse-drawn or railway/railroad).
Etymology: -

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How the Latin language influenced English with the word 'lagoon'

'Lagoon' is a word borrowed from Latin 'lacuna'. The word entered the English language some time around 1673.

lagoon [noun] [1673]

• a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water
• a shallow artificial pool or pond (as for the processing of sewage or storage of a liquid)

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Etymology: French & Italian; French 'lagune' from Italian 'laguna' from Latin 'lacuna' pit, pool, from 'lacus' lake

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Is 'marmalade' English, or is it actually Portuguese?

'Marmalade' is a word borrowed from Portuguese 'marmelada'. The word entered the English language some time around 1676.

marmalade [noun] [circa 1676]

A clear sweetened jelly in which pieces of fruit and fruit rind are suspended

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Etymology: Middle English 'marmelat' quince conserve, Portuguese 'marmelada' from 'marmelo' quince, from Latin 'melimelum' a sweet apple, from Greek 'melimēlon' from 'meli' honey + 'mēlon' apple

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The Latin origins of the word 'attic'

'Attic' is a word borrowed from Latin 'atticus'. The word entered the English language some time around 1696.

attic [noun] [circa 1696]

• a low story or wall above the main order of a facade in the classical styles
• a room behind an attic
• a room or a space immediately below the roof of a building
• garret
• something resembling an attic (as in being used for storage)

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Etymology: French 'attique' from 'attique' of Attica, from Latin 'Atticus'

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Do you speak a little Spanish (Mexico) when you say 'mestizo'?

'Mestizo' is a word borrowed from Spanish (Mexico) 'mestizo'. The word entered the English language some time around 1582.

mestizo [noun] [1582]

• a person of mixed blood
• a person of mixed European and American Indian ancestry

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Etymology: Spanish, from 'mestizo' adjective, mixed, from Late Latin 'mixticius' from Latin 'mixtus' past participle of 'miscēre' to mix

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When you hear 'tapir' are you hearing English or Tupi?

'Tapir' is a word borrowed from Tupi 'tapyra'. The word entered the English language some time around 1774.

tapir [noun] [1774]

Any of a genus (Tapirus) of herbivorous chiefly nocturnal perissodactyl mammals of tropical America and southeastern ...

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Etymology: Portuguese 'tapir' 'tapira' from Tupi 'tapiʔíra'

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The Italian roots of the word 'gonzo'

'Gonzo' is a word borrowed from Italian 'gonzo'. The word entered the English language some time around 1971.

gonzo [adjective] [1971]

• idiosyncratically subjective but engagé
• bizarre
• freewheeling or unconventional especially to the point of outrageousness

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Etymology: origin unknown

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Did you know that 'bazooka' is actually Dutch?

'Bazooka' is a word borrowed from Dutch 'bazuin'. The word entered the English language some time around 1943.

bazooka [noun] [1943]

A light portable antitank weapon consisting of an open-breech smoothbore firing tube that launches an armor-piercing ro...

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note: The name bazooka comes from an extension of the word bazoo which is slang for mouth or boastful talk and which ultimately probably stems from the Dutch bazuin (buisine - a medieval trumpet). The word bazooka appears in the 1909 novel The Swoop or how Clarence Saved England by P. G. Wodehouse.
Etymology: (a crude musical instrument made of pipes and a funnel)

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Did you know that 'vig' is actually Yiddish?

'Vig' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'vigorish'. The word entered the English language some time around 1968.

vig [noun] [1968]

Vigorish

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note: US slang the interest on a loan that is paid to a moneylender.
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The word 'caparison' is originally from Spanish 'caparazon'

'Caparison' is a word borrowed from Spanish 'caparazon'. The word entered the English language some time around 1579.

caparison [noun] [1579]

• an ornamental covering for a horse
• decorative trappings and harness
• rich clothing
• adornment

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Etymology: Middle French 'caparaçon' from Old Spanish 'caparazón'

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Yiddish 'puts' in the English language

'Putz' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'puts'.

putz

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note: 1900–05 - Yiddish puts literally: ornament finery - probably noun derivative of putsn to clean or shine - compare early modern German butzen to decorate.
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How the French language influenced English with the word 'vinegar'

'Vinegar' is a word borrowed from French 'vyn egre'. The word entered the English language some time around the 13th century.

vinegar [noun] [13th century]

• a sour liquid obtained by fermentation of dilute alcoholic liquids and used as a condiment or preservative
• ill humor
• sourness
• vim

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Etymology: Middle English 'vinegre' from Anglo-French 'vin egre' from 'vin' wine (from Latin 'vinum') + 'egre' keen, sour

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The Tagalog roots of the word 'parol'

'Parol' is a word borrowed from Tagalog 'parol'. The word entered the English language some time around 1590.

parol [noun] [1590]

Word of mouth

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note: Also written as paról or parul from Spanish farol meaning lantern) is a Filipino ornamental lantern displayed during the Christmas season.
Etymology: Middle French 'parole'

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