Definition

Etymology
By:
Chris Essue,
Glendys Parra,
Tiffany Robinson, and
Stephanie Croston

Commonalities
• All these words are from Modern English.
• All these words have a common
background.
• They all come from colonization.

Bangle
Definition
• A stiff usually ornamental
bracelet or anklet slipped
or clasped on.
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is from 1787.
• The loaning language is
from Hindi.
• The original language is
from Hindi.

Canoe
Definition
• A light narrow boat with
both ends sharp that is
usually propelled by
paddling.
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is 1555.
• The loaning language of
the word is French.
• The original language is
Cariban.

Khaki
Definition
• A light yellowish brown
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is from 1837.
• The loaning language is
from Hindi.
• The original language of
the word is Persian.

Kiwi
Definition
• A flightless New Zealand
bird with rudimentary
wings, stout legs, a long
bill, and grayish brown
hairlike plumage.
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is 1835.
• The loaning language for
the word is Maori.
• The original language is
Maori.

Moonshine
• Moonlight
Definition
Facts
• The historical period for
the word is 1500.
• The loaning language is
from Old High German.
• The original language is
Latin and Greek.

Mustang
Definition
• The small hardly
naturalized horse of
western plains directly
descended from horses
brought in by Spaniards.
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is 1808.
• The loaning language of
the word is from Spanish.
• The original language of
the word is from Medieval
Latin.

Orangutan
Definition
• A largely herbivorous
arboreal anthropoid ape
of Borneo and Sumatra
that is about two thirds
as large as the gorilla and
has brown skin, long
sparse, reddish brown
hair, and very long arms.
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is 1691.
• The loaning language of
the word is from Malay.
• The original language of
the word is from Malay.

Pajamas
Definition
• A loose lightweight
trousers formerly much
worn in Near East.
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is 1800.
• The loaning language is
Hindi.
• The original language is
Persian.

Persimmon
Definition
• Any of a genus of trees of
the ebony family with
hard fine wood, oblong
leaves, and small bellshaped
flowers.
Facts
• The historical period of
the word is 1612.
• The loaning language is
Cree.
• The original language is
Algonquian.

Tomato
Definition
• Any of the genus of
South American herbs of
the nightshade family
that is more of less
perennial in its native
habitat but is widely
cultivated as an annual
for its edible fruit.
Facts
• The historical period for
this word is 1604.
• The loaning language is
Spanish.
• The original language is
Nahuatl.