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| 1650s, Greek, 'harsh sounding,' from kakos 'bad, evil' + phone 'voice'. | |
| 1762, Modern Latin, 'feeler,' from tentare 'to feel, try' (variant of temptare 'to feel, try, test') + -culum. | |
| 1763, Spanish, altered (by folk etymology influence of earlier Spanish 'lawyer,' from same Latin source as advocate) from earlier aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuakatl 'testicle.' | |
| 1900, English, 'not genuine,' perhaps an alteration of fawney 'gilt brass ring used by swindlers.' | |
| 1530s, Arabic, hashishiyyin 'hashish-users,' plural of hashishiyy, from hashish. A fanatical Ismaili Muslim sect of the time of the Crusades. | |
| 1711, Chinese, koechiap 'brine of fish.' still in use in U.S. Originally a fish sauce. | |
| 1670s, French, nonchaloir 'be indifferent to, have no concern for', from non- 'not' + chaloir 'have concern for,' ultimately from Latin calere 'be hot.' | |
| 1638, Hindi, Jagannath, 'lord of the world,'. Sanskrit. jagat 'world' + natha-s 'lord, master.' | |
| 1923, Czech, robotnik 'slave,' from robota 'forced labor, drudgery,' from robotiti 'to work, drudge.' | |
| 1551, Mod Latin, 'nowhere,' coined by Thomas More. Greek. ou 'not' + topos 'place.' Extended to 'any perfect place.' | |
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