Etymograph

English

Iraqgate

From Iraq + -gate.

Formed from Iraq + -gate

Arabic عِرَاق ‘shore, edge, any land next to water’

Arabic الْعِرَاق

English Iraq

Today it means

name A 2003 Finnish scandal involving the leaking of secret documents to politician Anneli Jäätteenmäki in connection with the war in Iraq.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Iraqgate