Animals, plants & weather

cassowary

The huge flightless cassowary of New Guinea is Malay kasuari; the first live one reached Europe on a Dutch ship in 1597, and English had the name by 1611.

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The road to English

From Malay to Dutch, German, Russian

From Dutch to French

From Dutch to New Latin

From New Latin to Spanish

1597Malay

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