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Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·dutch ·1650s

Cruise

from kruisen

Meaning
To cross — to sail to and fro.
Source word
kruisen
Route into English
Dutch maritime vocabulary → English navy and merchant marine 17th c.; pleasure-cruise sense from 1900s.
Arrived
1650s

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