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  • Bandana
    The word bandana is borrowed from Hindi.
  • Zero
    Arabic, Many words relating to math come form Arabic.
  • Origami
    From Japanese, Origami is the art of folding small pieces of paper in order to form them into interesting shapes.
  • Helicopter
    The word helicopter is borrowed from Greek. The 'pter' part of this word means wing
  • 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.
  • Anonymous
    The word ‘anonymous’ comes from the Greek word ‘anōnumos’.
  • Karaoke
    The word karaoke is borrowed from Japanese. the word means empty orchestra.
  • Ketchup
    Originating from its Chinese equal ‘Ke-stiap’, the word referred to as a concoction of pickled fish and spices in 1692.
  • Safari
    The word safari is borrowed from Swahili which is a language spoken in parts of Africa.
  • Lemon
    The Arabic word from which ‘lemon’ originates is called ‘Laimun’, defined simply as a yellow citrus fruit.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Cookie
    The English language derived the word ‘cookie’ from the Dutch term ‘Koekie’, defined as akin to cake, to describe this loved sweet snack.
  • Sauna
    The word sauna is borrowed from Finnish.
  • Ukulele
    The word ukulele is borrowed from Hawaiian.