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Huh. I was gonna answer you that you were incorrect, hooch is slang only for booze, liquor. But you got the jump on me, as somebody once said somewhere [I've been answering slang questions all night]. You are correct. I am wrong. On the other hand, I do have your answer. It comes from the Viet Nam War and is also sometimes spelled hootch. It means a simple hut or small homely house, either civilian or military.
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DevinThe term "hooch" for a dwelling originated during the Vietnam War. It comes from the Japanese word "uchi," which means house or home. American soldiers serving in the Pacific during WWII picked up this term and adapted it to "hooch" to refer to their makeshift living quarters.
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What is a term for words that share the same origin?
Cognates.
What term refers to the study of the origin of words?
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