English
jipijapa
Jipijapa comes from Spanish jipijapa ‘the fiber of the Panama hat palm’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentjipijapa‘the fiber of the Panama hat palm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1954same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentjipijapa‘the fiber of the Panama hat palm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1954same form
Earliest quotation: 1954, Ian Fleming, Terror By The Sea: “They stood there for several minutes. Negroes brushed past…”
Every English word from Spanish jipijapa
Today it means
noun A Panama hat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish jipijapa / jipijapa