English
juego de cañas
Juego de cañas comes from Spanish juego de cañas.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentjuego de cañasliterally ‘game of canes’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentjuego de cañasliterally ‘game of canes’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648same form
Earliest quotation: 1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or: “After our breakfaſt, the Indian ſhewed us a little…”
The story
Borrowed from Spanish juego de cañas (literally “game of canes”).
Every English word from Spanish juego de cañas
Today it means
noun A Spanish and Latin American game in which participants on horseback attempt to hit one another with canes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish juego de cañas / juego de cañas