Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1610s
Hamster
from Hamster
- Meaning
- A small burrowing rodent — possibly from Old Slavic *chomestor* via German.
- Source word
- Hamster
- Route into English
- German naturalist literature → English by 1600.
- Arrived
- 1610s
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