Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·dutch ·1770s
Iceberg
from ijsberg
- Meaning
- Ice-mountain.
- Source word
- ijsberg
- Route into English
- Dutch nautical → English by 1770s; figurative "tip of the iceberg" 1900s.
- Arrived
- 1770s
English borrows.
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