Category 1
What language do the most English words derive from?
French (30-45%)
In Arabic shah means "the king" and mata stands for "died".
What language does the word "tragedy" come from?
Greek "tragoidia", which roughly means "goat song"
What language does the word "whiskey" - as in the alcohol - come from?
Gaelic phrase "uisge beatha", meaning "the water of life"
Which language gives us the name of those cute little symbols we put in texts known as "emoji"?
It combines Japanese e ("picture") and moji ("letter)"
What language does the word "shampoo" come from?
It comes from the Hindi champo, which originally meant "to massage".
The word "robot" first appeared in a play that was originally written in which language?
The Czech science-fiction writer Karel Capek wrote a play called R.U.R. that introduced the word "robot" to the world.
Where does "avocado" originally come from?
While it is related to Spanish, the word originally comes from Nahuatl and is literally translated as...:)
Which of the following English words was NOT borrowed from French? rectangle, debris, wine, orange
Wine comes from Proto-Germanic
Which is an acronym:
swag (stuff we all get)
golf (gentlemen only, ladies forbidden)
news (north, east, west, south)
snafu (situation normal, all fouled up)
SNAFU was originally used by the US Military in World War II