https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/07/quiz-etymology-word-origins-answers
It might be unspoken of, but which language was the word taboo borrowed into English from?
Answer: Tongan
Taboo was borrowed into English directly from Tongan in the 1770s. It is first recorded in the journals of the navigator and explorer Captain James Cook.
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