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Stage 1 of 2
shtum
Yiddish · 1800s
"silent, mute"
silent, mute, from German stumm (mute)
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Stage 2 of 2
schtum
English · 1950s
"silent, especially deliberately withholding information"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities into British English
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