English
Porajmos
Porajmos comes from Romani porajmos ‘devouring’.
- Romanimodernporajmos‘devouring’
- EnglishtodayPorajmos
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Romanimodernporajmos‘devouring’
- EnglishtodayPorajmos
The story
Coined by a Kalderash Romani acquaintance of, and popularized by, Ian Hancock in 1990s.
Every English word from Romani porajmos
Today it means
name The planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people during the Second World War by Nazi Germany and its allies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Romani porajmos / Porajmos