War, law & rule

tycoon

Taikun, 'great lord', was the title the shogun used with foreign powers; Americans who arrived with Perry brought it home, it slid from the shogun to Lincoln to captains of industry, and the business tycoon then went on to German, French and Israeli Hebrew.

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The road to American English

From Japanese to Dutch

From American English to German

From American English to French

From American English to Modern Hebrew

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

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