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What Language Did These Words Come From?

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Borrowed Words and Phrases
What Language Did These Words Come From game quiz
"This is a quiz on etymology- the origin of some common words. From what languages did these words originate?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Eden, messiah, cabal
    Yiddish
    Hebrew
    Arabic
    Hindi


2. Pundit, Aryan, mantra
    Arabic
    Tamil
    Sanskrit
    Japanese


3. Segue, bizarre, opera
    Italian
    German
    French
    Portuguese


4. Skunk, raccoon, opossum
    Dutch
    French
    American Indian languages
    Polish


5. Galleon, barbecue, booby
    Portuguese
    Dutch
    Spanish
    Italian


6. Zero, coffee, lemon
    Arabic
    Dutch
    Spanish
    Sanskrit


7. Virus, salary, religion
    Old English
    German
    Latin
    Greek


8. Wisdom, woman, understand
    Dutch
    Old English
    German
    Norse


9. Hero, moron, psyche
    Latin
    Old English
    Italian
    Greek


10. Bum, noodle, wonder
    German
    Yiddish
    Hebrew
    Norse


11. Husband, window, answer
    Dutch
    Old English
    German
    Norse


12. Klutz, schtik, bagel
    German
    Norse
    Hebrew
    Yiddish


13. Denim, despair, turquoise
    American Indian languages
    Italian
    Dutch
    French


14. Ketchup, chow, tea
    Malay
    Chinese
    Tagalog
    Japanese


15. Skosh, tsunami, kamikaze
    Vietnamese
    Chinese
    Japanese
    Tagalog


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