bordel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bordel
1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to borde wooden hut (< Germanic; akin to board ) + -el < Latin -ellus diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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Such are bordel, chapel, duel, fardel, gabel, gospel, gravel, lamel, label, libel, marvel, model, novel, parcel, quarrel, and spinel.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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