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30 Borrowed Words That Entered English: Identify Their Origins And Prove Your Language IQ
Did you know that the English word “cookie” is not so English?
English borrowed a lot of words from other languages. “Shampoo,” “piano,” “tattoo” – none of them began as English, but now we use them all the time. Some words came through trade, some through travel, and others stayed just because people liked using them.
Languages are constantly changing and mixing together. So, it’s fun to go back and see where these common words came from.
In this quiz, you’ll get 30 loanwords that we use every day. All you have to do is guess which language they came from.
Let’s see how many you know! 🌍
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Marianne 2 months ago
Now that was actually fun! And as far as I know, no mistakes in this quiz, which is ... unusual.
UKGrandad 2 months ago
#14 is wrong. The Spanish/Portuguese 'mosca' is from the Latin 'musca', so the correct answer is 'false' because mosquito derives from Latin.
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Chaos Pandas Unite 2 months ago
I think this was my favorite quiz so far. More etymology/language quizzes or articles, please and thank you.
UKGrandad 2 months ago
'Bungalow' does come from Hindi, but there is an alternative story. A guy wants to build a house so goes to buy some bricks, and because he wants the house to look old he goes to a reclamation yard and buys a load of old bricks. He sets to work but runs out of bricks after completing only the ground floor, so he goes back to the yard for more. Unfortunately, the rest of the bricks had been sold and there were no more that matched the age and colour of the bricks he'd used. Not wanting to pull down what he'd already built, and not wanting the upper half of his house to look different from the lower, he decided that the best solution was to just bung a low roof on it. True story 😉
BrunoVI 2 months ago
Hrmm. I'm not familiar enough with the British dialect, I guess, to know that usage of "bung." I only know it to mean to stopper a hole. (as a verb. We'll just ignore the noun for now, right?)
Load More Replies... Marianne 2 months ago
Now that was actually fun! And as far as I know, no mistakes in this quiz, which is ... unusual.
UKGrandad 2 months ago
#14 is wrong. The Spanish/Portuguese 'mosca' is from the Latin 'musca', so the correct answer is 'false' because mosquito derives from Latin.
Load More Replies... Chaos Pandas Unite 2 months ago
I think this was my favorite quiz so far. More etymology/language quizzes or articles, please and thank you.
UKGrandad 2 months ago
'Bungalow' does come from Hindi, but there is an alternative story. A guy wants to build a house so goes to buy some bricks, and because he wants the house to look old he goes to a reclamation yard and buys a load of old bricks. He sets to work but runs out of bricks after completing only the ground floor, so he goes back to the yard for more. Unfortunately, the rest of the bricks had been sold and there were no more that matched the age and colour of the bricks he'd used. Not wanting to pull down what he'd already built, and not wanting the upper half of his house to look different from the lower, he decided that the best solution was to just bung a low roof on it. True story 😉
BrunoVI 2 months ago
Hrmm. I'm not familiar enough with the British dialect, I guess, to know that usage of "bung." I only know it to mean to stopper a hole. (as a verb. We'll just ignore the noun for now, right?)
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