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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
    Hindi
    Arabic
    Hebrew


2. Pundit, Aryan, mantra
    Sanskrit
    Japanese
    Tamil
    Arabic


3. Segue, bizarre, opera
    Portuguese
    French
    Italian
    German


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


5. Galleon, barbecue, booby
    Portuguese
    Dutch
    Spanish
    Italian


6. Zero, coffee, lemon
    Spanish
    Arabic
    Dutch
    Sanskrit


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


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


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


10. Bum, noodle, wonder
    Hebrew
    German
    Yiddish
    Norse


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


12. Klutz, schtik, bagel
    Yiddish
    Hebrew
    German
    Norse


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


14. Ketchup, chow, tea
    Malay
    Chinese
    Tagalog
    Japanese


15. Skosh, tsunami, kamikaze
    Chinese
    Japanese
    Tagalog
    Vietnamese

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