Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square217linkfedilink
minus-squareem2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up36·2 months agoBuckaroo comes from the inability to pronounce/ the mispronunciation of the Spanish word for cowboy, Vaquero.
minus-squareLaLuzDelSol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoAlso cool - the Spanish word for jeans is vaquero. So the English word for vaccine and the spanish word for blue jeans are both derived from the Latin word for “cow”. I always thought that was neat.
Buckaroo comes from the inability to pronounce/ the mispronunciation of the Spanish word for cowboy, Vaquero.
Also hoosegow (juzgado)
Also cool - the Spanish word for jeans is vaquero. So the English word for vaccine and the spanish word for blue jeans are both derived from the Latin word for “cow”. I always thought that was neat.
That is super neat!