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Word Origins
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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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