Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Spanish ·1830s
Plaza
from plaza
- Meaning
- A public square.
- Source word
- plaza
- Route into English
- Spanish *plaza* (square, from Latin *platea*) → American English via the Southwest. Cousin to English *place* and Italian *piazza*, all from the same Latin word.
- Arrived
- 1830s
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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