List of English words of Slovak origin

List of English words of Slovak origin

This is a list of English language words of Slovak language origin:

; Dobro: A contraction of "DOpyera BROthers," U.S.-Slovakian immigrants who invented the instrument in 1928; also from Slovak "dobro" "the good"

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