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Everyday words have family trees with some very odd branches. Can you trace a few back? @lomo scored 794 in Word Origins on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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  1. 1Language › Word OriginsEasyA mild word used in place of a harsh one is called what?Right2.0s+100
  2. 2Language › Word OriginsHard"Llama" and "quinoa" both come from which South American language?Right0.6s+100
  3. 3Language › Word OriginsMediumWhat does the Latin phrase 'carpe diem' mean?Right0.3s+100
  4. 4Language › Word OriginsHardThe word "geyser" comes from a hot spring in which country?Right1.2s+100
  5. 5Language › Word OriginsHardThe word "window" comes from an Old Norse word meaning what?Right2.1s+100
  6. 6Language › Word OriginsMedium"Karaoke" literally means what?Right4.1s+97
  7. 7Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasy'Passing the buck' comes from which card game?Wrong4.0s0
  8. 8Language › GrammarExpertWhich Venetian printer is credited with the first printed semicolon, in the 1490s?Right3.7s+97
  9. 9Language › Word OriginsMediumThe word "laconic" comes from which region of ancient Greece?Right1.1s+100
  10. 10Language › TypographyVery hardWhich typeface spells out 'We came in peace for all mankind' on the plaque left on the Moon?Wrong1.7s0