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START / NODE 387Present-Day English1717–today
poncho
An English borrowing from American Spanish whose deeper source remains disputed between Mapuche evidence and a Spanish-internal analysis.
“The rigorous answer is not “poncho is definitely Mapuche.” Major references disagree: Mapuche pontho / ponchu / pontro competes with an old Spanish faded-color word as the source.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishponcho
a blanket-like sleeveless garment with a head opening
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Spanish · American Spanish from at least 1530ponchoponcho; sleeveless blanket-like garment
- SOUND CHANGE
- English borrowed American Spanish poncho with limited phonological adaptation.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- The garment sense remains central and later extends to rainwear.
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- established
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- English first-known-use report: 1717.
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