Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Spanish ·1880s
Flamenco
from flamenco
- Meaning
- A Spanish Romani art form of song, dance, and guitar.
- Source word
- flamenco
- Route into English
- Spanish *flamenco* (Flemish, i.e. from Flanders) → named either for gypsy performers' perceived exoticism or for Flemish troops in Andalusia. The etymology remains contested among scholars.
- Arrived
- 1880s
From Spanish
American Spanish, not peninsular Spanish, provided most of the modern loanwords — through US expansion westward and Latin American trade.
English borrows.
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