Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·persian ·1620s
Kiosk
from کوشک (kushk)
- Meaning
- Pavilion — a small open garden building.
- Source word
- کوشک (kushk)
- Route into English
- Persian → Turkish *köşk* → French *kiosque* → English; specialised to "newsstand" sense in the 19th c.
- Arrived
- 1620s
English borrows.
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