Etymology

quinella

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Today it means: A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing. Full definition →

Spanish quiniela
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromquiniela“sporting bet or pool”
  2. English todayquinella

From American Spanish quiniela (“sporting bet or pool”); US from 1942.

Words from the same roots

Spanishquiniela all →

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