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breakable (adj.)[breakable 词源字典]: 1560s, from break (v.) + -able. As a noun, breakables is attested from 1820.[breakable etymology, breakable origin, 英语词源]
breakage (n.): 1813, "action of breaking," from break (v.) + -age. Meaning "loss or damage done by breaking" is from 1848.
breakaway: 1906 (n.), in reference to sports; 1930s (adj.) in reference to splinter groups; from break (v.) + away (adv.).
kanaka (n.): U.S. nautical and Australian name for "native of South Sea islands," 1840, from Hawaiian kanaka "man" (Samoan tangata).
katakana (n.): from Japanese katakana, from kata "side" + kana "borrowed letter(s)."
leakage (n.): late 15c., from leak (v.) + -age.
speakable (adj.): late 15c., from speak (v.) + -able. Also see unspeakable. Old English had sprecendlic "that should be spoken."
unbreakable (adj.): late 15c.; see un- (1) "not" + breakable.
unmistakable (adj.): 1660s, from un- (1) "not" + mistake (v.) + -able. Related: Unmistakably.
unshakable (adj.): 1610s; see un- (1) "not" + shake (v.) + -able. Of beliefs, etc., from 1670s.
unspeakable (adj.): c. 1400, "inexpressible," from un- (1) "not" + speakable (see speak (v.)). Meaning "indescribably bad or wicked" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Unspeakably.
zakat (n.): obligatory Islamic tax for religious purposes, 1802, from Persian zakat, etc., from Arabic zakah.
haka: "A Maori ceremonial war dance involving chanting, an imitation of which is performed by New Zealand rugby teams before a match", Maori.
Baka: "A member of a nomadic Pygmy people inhabiting the rainforests of south-eastern Cameroon and northern Gabon", Perhaps from Lingala Ba-aka 'Pygmies'.
moussaka: "A Greek dish made of minced lamb, aubergines, and tomatoes, with cheese sauce on top", From Turkish musakka, based on Arabic.
Portakabin: "A portable building, used as a temporary office, classroom, etc", 1960s: from porta- and an alteration of cabin.
pollakanthic: "= polycarpic", Early 20th cent. From ancient Greek πολλάκις many times, often + ἄνθος flower + -ic.