Isorena, Leira

BSA III
ENGLISH WORDS OF OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE ORIGIN AND THEIR
DEFINITION
ITALIAN
Antics from Italian antico, meaning "old, ancient"
Management from Italian mano for "maneggiamento", meaning "hand" for
'handlement'
Cartel from Italian cartello, meaning "poster"

SPANISH
chaps from Mexican Spanish chaparreras, leg protectors for riding through
chaparral
chocolate from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl xocolatl meaning "hot water" or
from a combination of the Mayan word chocolmeaning "hot" and the Nahuatl
word atl meaning "water."
hacienda from Old Spanish facienda, "estate"
MANDARIN/CHINESE
sauce from Cantonese (hosin), lit. seafood
Chopsticks from Chinese Pidgin English chop chop.
Ketchup possibly from Cantonese or Amoy , lit. tomato sauce/juice

NIHONGO/JAPANESE
Cute from Japanese kawaii , meaning lovely.
Karaoke singing along with recorded music, translates as empty orchestra
Sake alcoholic drink made from rice
FRENCH
agree (Old Fr. agreer, compare modern Fr. agrer ["to accept" or "to please"])
agreement (Old Fr. agreement, compare modern Fr. agrment[authorization or
amenity])
ability (Old Fr. ablet, compare modern Fr. habilet with restoration of initial h of
Latin habilitas)
HEBREW
amen from ' amen (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD)
jubilee from (AHD) yobhel 'ram's horn' (MW)
hosanna from (AHD) hoshi'ah-nna 'save please' (MW)
GERMAN
abandon Frankish *bannjan, *bandjan
leave, leave off PGmc *laibijanan + *afforsake PGmc *fur- + *sakanan

MALAYSIAN
Bamboo from Dutch bamboes, based on Malay mambu
Compound (enclosed group of buildings) a fenced or walled-in area containing a
group of buildings and especially residences. Derived by folk etymology referring
to such area in Southeast Asia, from Portuguese campon or Dutch kampoeng,
from Malay kampong ('enclosure, hamlet').
Ringgit the standard monetary unit of Malaysia, divided into 100 sen. Literally
'serration', referring to the serrated edges of silverSpanish dollars which
circulated widely in the area during the 16th and 17th century.