Monday, July 28, 2014

"Foreign" Words, Two


[Have a "banana," and while eating it, chew on its sources from the African languages:  Wolof, Mandingo, and Fulani.]

       Maybe you'd enjoy a "cookie" (Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake) or a piece of "chocolate," and while it melts down your throat, contemplate its derivation in the Nahuatl word chocolatl from peoples of Mexico and Central America.

       And, of course, who can resist a "pizza," "lasagne," or "pasta," savory Italian dishes, savory Italian words.

      

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