alcove

Arabic al-qubba, 'the dome', became Spanish alcoba and came to mean a vaulted side-chamber for a bed. French alcôve passed it in the 17th century to English, German, Dutch and Russian, while Turkish kept kubbe for the dome itself.

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The road to English

From Old Spanish to Spanish

From French to German

From Arabic to Portuguese

From French to Dutch

From French to Russian

From Arabic to Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

700 CEArabic

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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