Routine English Words Which Have Weird Origins
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020, 7:17 pm
By:
Tony Williams
#4 Vanilla
Vanilla does have some rather strange origins because it comes from a Latin word which means sheath and ironically it is the same word as the origins of the word v@gina. The reason why it is different is because vanilla came into English via Spain whereas v@gina was right from Latin.
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