Etymology

Jenga

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Today it means: A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse. Full definition →

Swahili -jenga
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The story

  1. Swahili · borrowed from-jenga“to construct, to build”
  2. English todayJenga

Borrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”).

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