Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·dutch ·1660s
Yacht
from jacht
- Meaning
- Hunt-ship — a fast light vessel.
- Source word
- jacht
- Route into English
- Dutch *jachtschip* (hunting ship, used to chase smugglers) → English when Charles II brought one back from his Dutch exile in 1660.
- Arrived
- 1660s
English borrows.
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