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noun, plural bor·del·los.
a brothel.
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Bordello
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bordello
M.E. bordel "house of prostitution," c.1300, from O.Fr. bordel "small hut, cabin; brothel" (12c.), dim. of borde "hut made of planks," from Frankish *bord "wooden board" or some other Germanic source related to board (1). The modern form is a result of the word being borrowed
EXPANDfrom French by Italian, then passed back with a suffix and re-borrowed into English by 1590s.
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