Etymology

bungo

bun·go
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Today it means: A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period, circa 900–1200 C.E., and commonly used until circa 1900. Full definition →

Spanish bongo
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bungo · noun1

Borrowed from Japanese 文(ぶん)語(ご) (bungo, “writing language”).

bungo · noun2

  1. Spanish · borrowed frombongo
  2. Spanish · borrowed frombongo
  3. English todaybungo

Borrowed from Spanish bongo (“large canoe”).

Words from the same roots

Spanishbongo all →

bongo

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