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Rated: E · Book · Educational · #2105953
One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.
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#902677 added January 19, 2017 at 2:28pm
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"Camouflage"
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"Camouflage"
- etymology -

​​​"Camouflage" is a borrowed French word based on the verb "camoufler" ("to disguise"), which is in turn derives from the Italian word "camuffare" ("to muffle the head", contraction of "capo muffare").


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