nostalgia

Greek nostos + algos → Modern Latin nostalgiaNostalgia began as a medical term for homesickness,…

kiosk

Persian kushk → Turkish köşk → French kiosque → kioskKiosk travelled from Persian through Turkish…

orange

Persian → Arabic → Italian → French → EnglishThe fruit’s English name travelled through several…

mosquito

Latin musca → Spanish mosca → mosquitoSpanish mosquito is a diminutive of mosca, the word…

pajamas

Persian pae + jamah → Hindi pajama → pajamasEnglish borrowed pajamas through Hindi, probably from…

yogurt

Ottoman Turkish yugurt → yogurtEnglish took the name of this dairy food from Ottoman Turkish.…

bungalow

Hindi bangla → Gujarati bangalo → bungalowThe name of this house comes from a word…

shampoo

Hindi champo → shampooShampoo began in English as a word for massaging the body, borrowed…

kimono

Japanese ki + mono → kimonoThe Japanese elements behind kimono mean wear and thing: a…

algorithm

al-Khwārizmī → algorismus → algorithme → algorithmThe word preserves the name of the mathematician al-Khwārizmī.…

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