Are These Words in English?
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See if you can tell which popular "English" words are really of English origin.
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What are your thoughts on this subject?
98 Comments
jayrvee
I should have done better!!
Emm Yo
21/30. Akimbo really threw me. Thought it was non english😳
Middle English in kenebowe, literally , in keen bow, that is , in a sharp curve; a folk etymology from Old Norse kengboginn, bow-bent from keng
Louis Michael Durocher,
27/30...I guess It's a good thing to be bilingual...
deborahpmercer
Interesting, but I would question "vixen", which is surely via the German "Fuechsin" - the normal English female suffix is "ess".
tinkerblue
I passed
Does everyone.? Not so smart
Robert Cox
23/30 I enjoyed that quiz. Informative and interesting.
markhammondwebster
24/30..good quiz
deborahpmercer
I thought Mistletoe derived from Mistelzweig, which is German. Or maybe they just share the same root .... not that mistletoe has roots!
nellymarlene stergiou
20/30 grammar snob
Patty Tubbs
17/30 this IS NOT taught in English class. Spelling and grammar or nouns and verbs but NOT of or not of English origin!
jack patti go
14 correct! Pooh!
Rusty
Number 13 Kindred is not an English word it is a German word, a couple questions after it asks about kindergarten which is a German word so logically kindred would be / should be German also right!?
jillbert
28/30.yes a grammar snob. Took lots of English and many hours of foreign languages, 3separate ones!
Suzy Whoo
Barbara Jane,allegro non trope’
Malka Rubinstein
right, loved English classes