Word: autista
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...keep a language "pure." Mustafa Kemal tried it in Turkey, failed for the simple reason that half the Turkish language is borrowed from Arabic and Persian. Mussolini purged Italian of such "foreign" French (but Latin-derived) words as hotel, menu and chauffeur. His so-called "Italian" substitutes -albergo, lista, autista-come from old German and Greek...
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