English
adelita
Adelita comes from Spanish adelita.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentadelita
- Englishearliest quotation 1988same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentadelita
- Englishearliest quotation 1988same form
Earliest quotation: 1988, David Fremon, Look-Alike Contest: “An employee of the city's Latino Affairs Commission, she…”
Every English word from Spanish adelita
Today it means
noun A female soldier during the Mexican revolution
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish adelita / adelita