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06/03/25 Grif.Net – Word Origins

06/03/25 Grif.Net – Word Origins

[There are 600,00=
0 words in the English language, greater by far than any other tongue (for =
instance French has 300,000; Russian 150,000). How did the modern English l=
anguage evolve? It has "captured" words from many language groups=
=2E This is the final quiz on word origins or meanings . . . for a while. A=
ll information taken from Roots of English, Robert Claiborne.=

See how many wor=
ds you can guess the correct language of origin:]

Example: “Y=
ou betcha” =3D Minnesotan

  1. ______ Al=
cohol            &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;            =
      

  2. ______=
Amok            &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;            =
            

  3. ______ Anonymous       =
            &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;     

  4. ______ Bizarre &n=
bsp;           &nbsp=
;            &n=
bsp;           &nbsp=
;            &n=
bsp;     

  5. ______ Chile &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;           =

&n=
bsp; 6. ______ Coach

  7. ______ Corgi  &nbsp=
;            &n=
bsp;           &nbsp=
;            &n=
bsp;           &nbsp=
;        

  8. _=
_____ Corral           &n=
bsp;           &nbsp=
;            &n=
bsp;           &nbsp=
;         

 &nbs=
p;9. ______ Dollar

10. ______ Karaoke

11. ______ Ketchup =

12. ______ Kibitz

13. ______ Know

14. ______ Oka=
y

15. ______ Plain

16. ______ Shampoo

17. ______ S=
imple

=
18. ______ Sky

19. ______ Taboo

20. ______ =
Tattoo

bonus:  ______ Parka

 

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Dr=
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