Yussuf.net Quiz 77: language origins and etymology

Questions

  1. What is etymology?
  2. What language did English borrow many words from after 1066?
  3. The word “algebra” comes from which language?
  4. What language is the origin of scientific names?
  5. What is a loanword?
  6. What is the root language of Romance languages?
  7. “Safari” comes from which language?
  8. What does the word “robot” originally mean in Czech?
  9. What does “tsunami” mean in Japanese?
  10. What does “Kilimanjaro” likely mean?

Answers

  1. Study of word origins
  2. French (Norman)
  3. Arabic
  4. Latin
  5. A word borrowed from another language
  6. Latin
  7. Swahili
  8. Forced labor
  9. Harbor wave
  10. “Shining mountain” or “White mountain”