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Everyday words have family trees with some very odd branches. Can you trace a few back? @effluviencer scored 396 in Word Origins on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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  1. 1Language › Word OriginsHardThe word "coach" for a carriage is traced to a village in which country?Wrong5.4s0
  2. 2Language › Word OriginsHard"Bungalow" comes from a word for a house in which style?Wrong4.2s0
  3. 3Language › Word OriginsHard"Boondocks" comes from a Tagalog word meaning what?Wrong3.0s0
  4. 4Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasy'Bury the hatchet' comes from a peacemaking custom of which people?Right1.4s+100
  5. 5Language › GrammarExpertWhich Shakespeare play contains the double superlative 'the most unkindest cut of all'?Wrong3.7s0
  6. 6Language › Word OriginsMediumThe French phrase 'deja vu' literally means what?Right3.1s+98
  7. 7Language › Word OriginsMediumEnglish borrowed the word "mammoth" from which language?Wrong3.8s0
  8. 8Language › Word OriginsMediumThe saxophone is named after an inventor from which country?Wrong2.5s0
  9. 9Language › Word OriginsEasyWhat does the phrase "vice versa" mean?Right2.7s+99
  10. 10Language › Languages of the WorldVery hardWhich country's cash machines famously offer instructions in Latin?Right2.5s+99