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Pergola

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an outdoor garden structure with a framework roof, often supporting climbing plants
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pergula
Latin · ancient
"a projecting shelter"
a projecting eave, a shed, related to a structure providing shade
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pergola
Italian · 1600s
"a garden structure with a lattice roof"
settled in Italian for a garden structure with a lattice roof for climbing plants
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pergola
English · 1650s
"an outdoor structure with a lattice roof for climbing plants"
adopted directly for the garden framework structure
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