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From Oxford English Dictionary
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casino, n.
1 y* N. k& i \Etymology: < Italian casino small house, dim of casa house < Latin casa cottage5 q7 g3 a P b" c3 ^* k. Y* S( Q
1. A pleasure-house, a summer-house (in Italy).) m: `% ?- ~: q) h* s
2. A public room used for social meetings; a club-house; esp. a public music or dancing saloon) `' \0 ?0 ~" ]7 T5 H: Q
3. A game of cards0 [- G' ]6 w) A" R, ?1 h( A- r
4. A building for gambling, often with other amenities. (Now the usual sense.)
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gung ho, n.
: I/ A) B5 y# uEtymology: Chinese kung work + ho together.
( x6 c! {2 p3 h" |A slogan adopted in the war of 1939–1945 by the United States Marines under General E. Carlson (1896–1947); hence as adj.: enthusiastic, eager, zealous.' J3 J6 X" e8 G& S0 N2 b
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1942 Times Mag. (N.Y.) 8 Nov. 13/4 Borrowing an idea from China, Carlson frequently has what he calls ‘kung-hou’ meetings.‥ Problems are threshed out and orders explained.) Q+ ?6 m3 G* W+ T& Z3 r
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1943 Life 20 Sept. 58, I [sc. E. Carlson] told them of the motto of the Chinese Co-operatives, Gung Ho. It means Work Together.‥ My motto caught on and they began to call themselves the Gung Ho Battalion.; ^* [: { j( y0 T$ {# Y
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coolie, n.
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5 n' o3 j2 ?. H7 k0 I, e" r! |Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably spec. use of Koli n. or its ultimately etymon Gujarati Koḷī (because members of this group frequently worked as labourers or performed menial tasks), probably after Portuguese cule local hired labourer in India (and later also China) (1581 as qule ; apparently also < Gujarati Koḷī , Kulī ), both perhaps partly influenced by Tamil kūli hire, payment for occasional menial work (forming the first element of kūlikkāraṉ and kuliyāḷ hireling) or a related Dravidian word. Compare Urdu qulī ( < Gujarati koḷī ), perhaps influenced by the unrelated Ottoman Turkish qul slave, subject (Turkish kul ). In sense 1a now in the Indian vernaculars generally: Gujarati kulī , Hindi kūlī , kulī , Bengali kuli , etc., and Tamil kūli , Telugu kūlī (as opposed to kūli hire), etc., all probably ultimately < English (or perhaps < Portuguese).; \- ?' m9 ~2 v4 k; @
With sense 1b compare Afrikaans koelie , apparently < English. Compare Dutch koelie (1642, only with reference to colonies in Asia and the Americas). J# {" n4 ]: D+ {* _4 Y
: w0 B) x' k. u! h$ |- NWith uses referring to China (compare e.g. quot. 1745 at sense 1a) compare Chinese kŭlì , apparently < English.4 X" K" g3 u% k5 B
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& x: L( j0 x* K" B8 W0 o( M) z% r$ nSo coolie and casino are not originated from Chinese. And your description of origin of gung ho is inaccurate.9 w, v5 J, v8 u0 x6 Q
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