Play Word Origins Trivia Online
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Where words come from.
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Sample questions
18 of 36- 01The word 'quarantine' comes from an Italian word meaning what?
- 02The word 'salary' comes from the Latin word for which substance?
- 03The word 'robot' was coined in a 1920 Czech play from a word meaning what?
- 04The word 'whiskey' comes from a Gaelic phrase meaning what?
- 05The sandwich is named after an English earl who wanted to do what while eating?
- 06The word 'muscle' comes from a Latin word meaning 'little' what?
- 07The word 'trivia' comes from a Latin term originally referring to what?
- 08The word 'disaster' comes from Greek and Latin roots meaning what?
- 09The word 'avocado' ultimately comes from which language?
- 10The fabric 'denim' takes its name from which French city?
- 11The word 'panic' comes from which Greek god?
- 12The word 'cereal' comes from Ceres, the Roman goddess of what?
- 13The word 'vaccine' comes from the Latin word for which animal?
- 14The word 'alphabet' comes from the names of what?
- 15In the word 'nightmare', what was the original 'mare'?
- 16The word 'clue' comes from 'clew', an old word for what?
- 17The word 'shampoo' entered English from which language?
- 18The word 'ketchup' is usually traced back to a sauce from which part of the world?
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- Answer fast. Speed and streaks both score, so the fastest right answer wins the round.
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