Submitted by OfficialWireGrind t3_zs48my in dataisbeautiful
vt2022cam t1_j17c613 wrote
While these words entered English from Spanish, they aren’t of Spanish origin. Hurricane is Taino in origin and many of these words have native origins.
FearlessPicture2477 t1_j1hx0fb wrote
sure and some other have latin origin and some other arab origin and some others germanic.. guess spanish language doesnt exit
vt2022cam t1_j1ipwxh wrote
These words aren’t of Spanish origin, it’s factually wrong. Many languages borrow from other languages, including a majority of English words, but you would say that the words have an origin in English.
You being threatened by acknowledging those words are actually of native origin is racially/culturally insensitive. You’re being defensive about word origins having native roots and not acknowledging it when you’re trying to promote those words being used in a third language.
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