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START / NODE 331Present-Day English1626–today
hammock
The suspended-bed sense entered English through Spanish hamaca from Taíno hamaca; it is etymologically separate from the southern U.S. terrain word hammock.
“The bed word is Indigenous Caribbean, carried through Spanish into English—not a naval English invention and not the same word as the Florida terrain term.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishhammock
a swinging bed or couch slung from supports at both ends
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Spanish · Spanishhamacahammock; suspended bed or net
- SOUND CHANGE
- Spanish hamaca was adapted to English hammock with final consonant and vowel changes reflected in English spelling and pronunciation.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- The suspended sleeping net or bed retained its core function in English.
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- Merriam-Webster Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established — Merriam-Webster explicitly gives Spanish hamaca as the immediate source.
- CHRONOLOGY
- English suspended-bed sense recorded by 1626.
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