【正文】 lum: American English, probably from dialectal German。 German Himmel. Old Norse: the North Germanic language of the Scandinavian peoples prior to about 1350 e. skill: From Old Norse skil (―distinction, difference‖). f. ranch: From Spanish rancho (―camp‖). g. blouse: From French vetement de laine blouse (―garment of short wool‖). h. robot: From Czech, coined by Karel ?apek in the play . (1920) from the base robot, as in robota (“pulsory labor”), robotnik (“peasant owing such labor”). i. check: From Old French eschec, var. of eschac from Arabic shah (“check”) (in chess)。 cf. Swabian derivatives of Hudel (―rag‖), . hudelum (―disorderly‖), hudellam (―weak,‖ ―slack,‖ etc.) r. filibuster: From Spanish filibustero from Middle French flibustier, var. of fribustier。 Goth himins。 see FREEBOOTER. s. astronaut: From French astronautique ASTRO + naute from Greek na akin to Old Norse himinn。tes