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If you're in the Bay Area, El Camino Real is literally 'The Royal Road', i.e. the King's Highway (Spanish went through a similar process as Portuguese). Also,
by smallnamespace 5y ago
If you're in the Bay Area, El Camino Real is literally 'The Royal Road', i.e. the King's Highway (Spanish went through a similar process as Portuguese).
Also, English 'regal' and 'royal' are both cognate to Spanish/Portuguese 'real', borrowed once from Latin and again from French.
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
- noneeeed 5y agoMy favourite example of a word that has entered English is "loot", which derives from the Hindi word "lūṭ", and was bought back by members of the British East India Company during the early years of them doing exactly that to India. It just so perfectly encapsulates the empire.