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- 1Language › Word OriginsMediumThe word "catamaran" comes from a Tamil phrase meaning what?Right2.5s+99
- 2Language › Word OriginsEasyWhich language gave English the word "opera"?Right2.1s+100
- 3Language › Word OriginsExpertLinear B tablets were shown to record an early form of which language?Wrong1.7s0
- 4Language › Word OriginsHardThe word "turquoise" literally means what?Right0.8s+100
- 5Language › Word OriginsHardThe word "denim" is traced to cloth from which French city?Right0.8s+100
- 6Language › Word OriginsEasyThe greeting 'aloha' comes from which language?Right0.8s+100
- 7Language › Word OriginsMediumIn Italian, the word behind "fiasco" ordinarily means what?Wrong2.2s0
- 8Language › Word OriginsMedium"Dinosaur" comes from Greek words meaning what?Right1.1s+100
- 9Language › Word OriginsVery hard"Aardvark" comes from Afrikaans words meaning what?Right0.4s+100
- 10Language › Word OriginsHard"Restaurant" comes from a French verb meaning what?Right0.6s+100