Word a Week | Week #11

Welcome to theeleventh installment of Word a Week. You can find some other Word a Week words here.

When I was reading Middlesex, I came across over a dozen words that I loved, but that were unfamiliar to me. The following is one of the many that caught my eye.

This week’s word is:

pergola– [per-go-la] (noun) 1. arbor, trellis. 2. a structure usually consisting of parallel colonnades supporting an open roof of girders and cross rafters.

Italian, from Latin pergula

First Known Use: 1675

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