Etymology

flamenco

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Today it means: A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain. Full definition →

Spanish flamenco ← Middle Dutch vlaminc
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromvlaminc“Fleming”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromflamenco
  3. English todayflamenco

Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming).

Words from the same roots

Spanishflamenco all →

flamingo

Middle Dutchvlaminc all →

fleming

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.