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English 15 Public

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Safari

The word safari is borrowed from Swahili which is a language spoken in parts of Africa.

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Ukulele

The word ukulele is borrowed from Hawaiian.

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Bandana

The word bandana is borrowed from Hindi.

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Helicopter

The word helicopter is borrowed from Greek. The 'pter' part of this word means wing

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Karaoke

The word karaoke is borrowed from Japanese. the word means empty orchestra.

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Sauna

The word sauna is borrowed from Finnish.

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Shampoo

The word shampoo is borrowed from Hindi which is one of the official languages of India. The original word champo really meant to squeeze or to press.

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Anonymous

The word ‘anonymous’ comes from the Greek word ‘anōnumos’.

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Cartoons

The word ‘cartoon’ originates from the Italian term ‘carton’ which initially referred to as a drawing on hard paper and was transformed into comical representat

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Cookie

The English language derived the word ‘cookie’ from the Dutch term ‘Koekie’, defined as akin to cake, to describe this loved sweet snack.

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Lemon

The Arabic word from which ‘lemon’ originates is called ‘Laimun’, defined simply as a yellow citrus fruit.

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Ketchup

Originating from its Chinese equal ‘Ke-stiap’, the word referred to as a concoction of pickled fish and spices in 1692.

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Zero

Arabic, Many words relating to math come form Arabic.

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Cafe

“Cafe” comes from the French word for “coffee,” but it’s also very similar to other words related to coffee in many other languages.

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Origami

From Japanese, Origami is the art of folding small pieces of paper in order to form them into interesting shapes.

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