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Word Origins

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    Where do these words originate?
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  • adder
    Old English 'naedre' meaning snake
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  • thug
    Indian word for 'assassin'
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  • papier-mache
    French word meaning chewed paper
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  • ketchup
    Chinese word meaning 'fish sauce'
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  • genie
    Latin 'genius' meaning 'guardian spirit
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  • salary
    Latin 'sal' meaning 'salt'. Roman soldiers were paid with salt
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  • bungalow
    Indian word meaning 'one-story house'
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  • limbo
    Latin 'limbus' meaning the place where souls go that cannot enter heaven
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  • monster
    Latin 'monere' meaning 'to warn'
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  • crater
    Greek 'krater' meaning 'mixing bowl'
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