Etymograph

English

bachata

Bachata comes from Spanish bachata ‘party, good time’, from cumbancha ‘fiesta, merrymaking’, and ultimately from cumbé ‘Afro-Caribbean dance’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentcumbé‘Afro-Caribbean dance’
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcumbancha‘fiesta, merrymaking’
  3. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentbachata‘party, good time’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2007same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

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  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentcumbé‘Afro-Caribbean dance’
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcumbancha‘fiesta, merrymaking’
  3. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentbachata‘party, good time’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2007same form

Earliest quotation: 2007, Alex Mindlin, Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park: “All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael…”

Every English word from Spanish cumbé

Today it means

noun A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.

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

Etymograph / Spanish cumbé / bachata

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