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bordello

bor·dello

UK/bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/ US/bɔˈrdɛˌloʊ/ rare

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Origin

From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel. By surface analysis, Latin borda + Italian -ello (“diminutive”).

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