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> I'm not sure if the Latin-based words actually came via French or via English Or via anything else, really. E.g. the word for car "kocsi" seems oddly similar
by riffraff 4y ago
> I'm not sure if the Latin-based words actually came via French or via English
Or via anything else, really.
E.g. the word for car "kocsi" seems oddly similar to Spanish "coche" (I think French would be voiture) and "tombola" to mean "bingo" seems Italian (french/english should be raffle, I think).
- yosito 4y agoCoach/coche/kocsi all come from Hungarian. There is a Hungarian town called Kócs. Kócsi literally means "(a thing) from Kócs". Hungary used to sell some horse drawn carriages made in Kócs and from there, the word entered German and then English. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocs
- riffraff 4y agoah, TIL, thanks!