Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·russian ·1700s
Mammoth
from мамонт (mamont)
- Meaning
- The extinct Ice Age elephant.
- Source word
- мамонт (mamont)
- Route into English
- Russian → German → English; figurative "huge" use from Thomas Jefferson's 1801 "Mammoth Cheese" gift.
- Arrived
- 1700s
English borrows.
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