This week's theme: words borrowed from Spanish. cabana (kuh-BAHN-uh) noun
1. A shelter on a beach or swimming pool. 2. A cabin or cottage. [From Spanish cabaña, from Late Latin capanna (hut).] Would it surprise you to know that cabin and cabinet are related? Or that basin and basinet/bassinet are? The diminutive suffix -et doesn't only convey the sense of smallness, it can change the whole meaning. Consider table and tablet, for another example. Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=cabana -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Calvin Klein is redecorating the cabana area of the lounge with furnishings like wall decorations featuring a new Klein logo and photographs of models wearing Klein clothes." Allison Fass; GQ Steps Out of Its Pages And Opens a Lounge; The New York Times; Feb 15, 2002. This newsletter is supported by these sponsors: Do you love words? Then play Spinword, the all new exciting word game! Play free online now at http://www.joyboost.com/game/spinword?k=awad1 Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/cabana.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/cabana.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/cabana.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
