avocado
āhuacatl → aguacate → avocado Avocado reached English through Spanish, ultimately from Nahuatl. The name…
algebra
al-jabr → algebra Algebra ultimately comes from Arabic al-jabr, associated with restoring or reuniting. A…
robot
robota → robot Robot entered English through the Czech play R.U.R. Its family includes robota,…
umbrella
umbra → ombrella → umbrella Umbrella reached English through Italian. Its older Latin forms point…
pencil
penicillus → pencil Pencil once named a small artist’s brush. Its Latin ancestor penicillus meant…
coffee
qahwa → kahve → koffie → coffeeEnglish coffee travelled through Dutch koffie and Turkish kahve…
