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Etruscan Loanwords in English - Statistics
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| A spring month. The Etruscan word may in turn be derived from Aphrodite. | April | 100%
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| Humans collectively, such as in the American constitution "We the ..." | people | 94%
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| Used as a singular of the above. In Etruscan, a 'mask', later a character of a play. | person | 94%
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| The name of a book, film, artwork etc. | title | 94%
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| A venue for watching sports, especially fights. The word originally meant 'sand'. This was used to cover the floor and soaked up the gladiators' blood. No need to clean! | arena | 89%
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| One of the seasons, usually called 'fall' in North America. | autumn | 89%
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| A place where goods and money are exchanged, such as a super..., a farmers' ... or a black ... | market | 89%
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| The luxurious residence of a ruler. Named after one of Rome's seven hills, where Augustus lived. | palace | 89%
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| In Latin, an attendant or bodyguard. Now mostly refers to manmade objects orbiting the Earth used for communication, GPS and weather forecasting. | satellite | 89%
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| Day of the week named after a Roman god of agriculture. | Saturday | 83%
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| A certain coin in Latin. Nowadays the playing card with a single pip. | ace | 78%
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| The armed forces. Also an adjective. | military | 67%
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| The courtyard of a Roman home. For us, a large hall with windows in the ceiling to let in plenty of daylight. Or a chamber of the heart. | atrium | 56%
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| The ceiling of the mouth, or the sense of taste. Possibly related to the word above, from an Etruscan word meaning 'sky'. | palate | 50%
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| From the Latin word for 'slave'. A verb meaning to assist or wait on someone. | serve | 44%
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| Everyday spoken language in contrast to formal literary language or, in the Middle Ages, Latin. | vernacular | 33%
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| False, inauthentic. Perhaps from Etruscan "spural". | spurious | 28%
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| To make dirty, to dishonor or to destroy, especially something sacred. Related to 'fulling', i.e. making cloth firmer and denser by beating it. | defile | 6%
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