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The words shark (the animal) and shark (a predatory scoundre...

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The words shark (the animal) and shark (a predatory scoundrel) may have two different origins. “This would make ‘shark’ possibly the only word borrowed from a Mayan language into English directly.”
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The words shark (the animal) and shark (a predatory scoundre...

The words shark (the animal) and shark (a predatory scoundrel) may have two different origins. “This would make ‘shark’ possibly the only word borrowed from a Mayan language into English directly.”

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kottke.org broke the news in on Friday, March 20, 2026.
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