Word Origins

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1. Though the English word stomach derives from a Greek word stoma, that Greek word stoma itself does not mean stomach but:______________ bile intestine belly mouth

2. Carillons got their names from a vulgar Latin word for a set of bells, :"quadrinio", or in a more French form: "quadrillon". How many bells was that originally? 4 40 14 44

3. The French word gigue refers to a dance for which you need agile legs. A leg of mutton is un gigot in that same language. Which word for a professional seducer of ladies is also related to the idea of a "dancer with agile legs"? Answer: (Six letters.)

4. How did corned beef get its name? It was considered a rather corny type of food. It was usually produced in Corning Ware containers It' s originally from French boeuf cornu. It had been corned i.e. preserved in grains of salt.

5. In more heroic times the man who walked in front of the army was the general himself, the army- ruler or "heri-wald". Later the man who walked in front of ther army was just the messenger, the announcer of news or the ________________ Answer: (Popular as a title for newspapers.The Daily __________; six letters.)

6. "Hurrah" was a shout that originated with the Cossacks in Russia. It meant: Happy Birthday! Long Live the Czar! Attack! Long Live the Commander!

7. Which of these words refers to forecasting events on the basis of dreams? Necromancy Chiromancy Nigromancy Oniromancy

8. A marinade was originally a very simple affair. It meant that you soaked food in ____________________ olive oil and rosemary salty seawater coarse seasalt seaweed

9. Which of these words refers to a Portuguese type of song in which the sad fate of human beings is sung about in a plaintive, almost bluesy style? Fandango Fado Caldeirade Saudade

10. Which of these is the correct origin of the word migraine ? from Latin migrans which refers to a pain that travels around megacranium the feeling that your head is getting too big Greek hemicrania which means pain in one half of the skull Old English mickle( big) + Latin cranium feeling that your head is swollen