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Henry74 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Spanish-origin

Hi,

Is there a way I can turn the second part of the sentence "'Bolero' is a word of spanish origin" into an attributive construction? Can I say "'Bolero' is a Spanish-origin word? Or "'Bolero' is a Spanish-derived word"? What would be the idiomatic way of saying this?

Thank you
H.
  

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"Spanish-derived word" is okay. "Spanish-origin word" sounds odd to me. Instead of using a compound modifier, you could simply use an adverb and rearrange the sentence: "Bolero" is originally a Spanish word.

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  • "Spanish-derived word" is okay.
  • "Spanish-origin word" sounds odd to me.
  • Instead of using a compound modifier, you could simply use an adverb and rearrange the sentence: "Bolero" is originally a Spanish word.
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"Spanish-derived word" is okay. "Spanish-origin word" sounds odd to me.

Instead of using a compound modifier, you could simply use an adverb and rearrange the sentence:

"Bolero" is originally a Spanish word. (or: ". . . was originally a . . .)
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The following are heard:

Bolero is a Spanish word that's made it into the English vocabulary.

Bolero is a Spanish word that's been borrowed by English.

Bolero is a Spanish word that's now found in English dictionaries.
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