blackjack.
blackjack (common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over)
Meaning & usage
blackjack (common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black Biblical Hebrew עָקַב Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor. Latin Iācōbusslbor.? French Jacquesder. Middle English Jackin English Jack English jack English blackjackubor. Polish blackjack Unadapted borrowing from English blackjack.
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