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Can You Correctly Name The Origin Of 10 Common Words?

Do your best and score 10/10 on this quiz.

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383 Comments
Leapy Lee
Jetty Newnham, maybe because the author chose so many? French words dominate our language by far, but the author chose not to include any of them.
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Aug 10, 2025 6:19PM
Edna Mohrmann
10/10 that was really easy!
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Jul 11, 2025 3:51PM
Ilias Tsiabardas
10/10 that was very easy
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Jun 24, 2025 7:37PM
mikeyparry
10 / 10. All pretty obvious really!
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Mar 19, 2025 1:01PM
David Roy
Jetty Newnham, it's because they both have Latin antecedents.
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Aug 16, 2024 11:38AM
Alan Conyard
10/10 Thanks for answers. Not too difficult.
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Jun 16, 2024 2:28PM
Jetty Newnham
10/10. Surprising how many Italian words became in common use in English.
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Apr 19, 2024 12:07PM
Scott
9/10 Fun quiz.
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Feb 4, 2024 5:03PM

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