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Re:The Almost Romance Languages by jefftk on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:40AM (#36433870)
Several of the words you list are also English words: guitar, algebra, elixir, tamarind, cafe, orange, arsenal, alcohol. When talking about English origins do we count those for Spanish or Arabic? ;)
Re:The Almost Romance Languages by imagainstit on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:51PM (#36436942)
Only guitar in that list comes to English from a Spanish etymology, the others come from Arabic via medieval Latin, French and Italian, not Spanish.
Re:The Almost Romance Languages by mike_hock on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:53PM (#36436973)
azimuth, zenith