escargot
es-kar-GOH · noun
FrenchEnglish
Origin
Escargot was borrowed directly from French escargot, with no further detail recorded about its deeper roots.
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Journey
The word passed into English essentially unchanged, keeping its French form as it moved onto English menus.
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