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Patio

2 stages from Spanish to English.

Today it means a paved outdoor area adjoining a house
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Stage 1 of 2
patio
Spanish · medieval
"courtyard"
an inner courtyard open to the sky
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Stage 2 of 2
patio
English · 1800s
"an open outdoor space attached to a house"
adopted through Spanish colonial architecture in the Americas
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