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===Origin=== The origin of the word is the [[Late Latin]] ''pergula'', referring to a projecting [[eave]].<ref>''[[OED]]'', [[sub verbo]] "pergola"; [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pergola Dictionary.com] "pergola"</ref> The [[English language|English]] term was borrowed from [[Italian language|Italian]]. The term was mentioned in an Italian context in 1645 by [[John Evelyn]] at the [[cloister]] of [[Trinità dei Monti]] in [[Rome]]<ref>''[[Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.]]'', 22 February 1645.</ref> He used the term in an English context in 1654 when, in the company of the [[Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke|fifth Earl of Pembroke]], Evelyn watched the [[hare coursing|coursing of hares]] from a "pergola" built on the [[Downland|downs]] near [[Salisbury]] for that purpose.<ref>''Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S'', 20 July 1654.</ref>
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