Camelot
The origin and history of Camelot.
Etymology
First recorded in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances; the political sense nods to the 1960 musical Camelot.
Class of 1960
Camelot first entered the language around 1960. Other words from the same year:
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