French in English! Trivia Quiz

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Sabotage comes from the French word 'sabot', meaning shoe or clog, and 'saboter', meaning to make noise with clogs. It meant to intentionally damage or destroy an employer's property. In the early 19th century factory workers would protest against worsening working conditions by throwing their sabots (wooden shoes) into the machinery to disrupt production.

The word money comes from the Roman goddess Juno Moneta, the protector of finances. The Roman mint was located in her temple and that is where coins were made. From Latin, the term 'monoie' entered Old French, and from there into English, replacing the Old English 'feoh', meaning fee.

The word façade means an outward appearance that hides an unpleasant reality. It originally comes from Vulgar Latin, 'facia', which means appearance or face. From there it moved into Italian 'facciata', meaning the front of a building. In the 1650s, the French adopted it as 'façade', again meaning the front of a building.

Déjà vu is the strange feeling that you have experienced something that is really only happening for the first time. It translates to already seen, and dates from 1903. The word, 'déjà' comes from the Old French 'des ja', meaning from now on, and is combined with 'des', meaning from, and 'ja', meaning now. The term was first used by philosopher Émile Boirac in the 1870s, and by 1896 it was popular in scientific contexts.

Bureau can mean either a chest of drawers or an office or an agency. It comes from Greek, 'purros', meaning red, and from there it was adopted into Old French, 'bure', meaning brown. It changed into 'burel' also Old French, and from there it came into English as bureau in the late 17th century. It originally meant the coarse woolen cloth which was used to cover writing desks. Eventually it came to mean the desk itself and then the office where business was conducted.

Fiancé or fiancée, depending on whether the intended is a man or woman, is a person to whom you are engaged to be married. The term comes from French 'fiancer', meaning to betroth, and from 'fiance', meaning a promise or trust. It originated from the Vulgar Latin 'fidare', meaning to trust, and from the Latin 'fidus', meaning faithful.

A souvenir is a keepsake we get to remember a special trip or a special someone. The word comes from Old French, 'souvenir', meaning to remember, which was derived from Latin 'subvenire', which means come to mind. The current meaning as a memento or token was first recorded in 1782.

Chauffeur, a person hired to drive a private vehicle, comes from French, 'chauffeur', meaning stoker, the operator of a steam engine. It comes from Old French 'chaufer', meaning to heat or to warm up, as the first cars were steam driven. From there it changed to the modern spelling, chauffeur, and then entered English. The current meaning of a professional or paid driver dates to 1902.

Parkour is the sport of moving through an area, often urban, by running, jumping, and climbing. It comes from the French 'par cours', meaning a course or route. The sport was developed in 1995-96, and the word is an alteration of
'parcours du combattant', meaning obstacle course. It refers to a military training method. The creators of the sport changed the 'c' to a 'k' and dropped the silent 's'.

The word, parole dates from the 1610s. The sense of releasing a prisoner means word of honour in its use for the release of prisoners, especially the promise of a prisoner of war not to escape if released, and not to take up arms again if allowed to go home. It comes from the French, 'parole' via the Vulgar Latin 'paraula', meaning speech or discourse. It came from Latin 'parabola', meaning comparison and from the Greek 'parabole', meaning throwing

Ketchup comes from Malay 'kecap' meaning soy sauce and from there into Chinese 'kechisp' meaning brine of pickled fish. Algebra dates from the 1500s and comes from Medieval Latin via Arabic 'al-jabr' a mathematician from Baghdad. The word 'bona fide' dates from the 1540s and means in or with good faith. Alibi dates back to 1743 and comes from Latin, 'alibi', meaning elsewhere or somewhere else's. The word, jungle comes from Sanskrit, meaning rough and arid terrain. From there it entered Hindi and in the late 18th century the word jungle entered English.