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Felucca

3 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a traditional wooden sailboat used on the Nile and Mediterranean
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fulk
Arabic · medieval
"ship, boat"
a general Arabic word for a boat or ship
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feluca
Italian · medieval
"a small sailing vessel"
adopted for the traditional Mediterranean sailing vessel
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felucca
English · 1600s
"a traditional lateen-sailed boat"
borrowed from Italian for the Nile and Mediterranean sailboat
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