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cheroot

Tamil curuṭṭu, 'a roll' (of tobacco), named the square-cut cigars of Trichinopoly and Manila; the English word probably came via Portuguese charuto, which is still the ordinary Portuguese word for a cigar, while Tamil traders gave Malay its cerutu.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to English

From Portuguese to Brazilian Portuguese

From Tamil to Malay, Indonesian

1600Tamil

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

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