Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·dutch ·1700s
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from koekje
- Meaning
- Little cake.
- Source word
- koekje
- Route into English
- Dutch settlers in 17th-c. New York; Americans took the word over from the colony of New Netherland; UK English uses BISCUIT for the same item.
- Arrived
- 1700s
English borrows.
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