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Week 5 task. “Word Origins”

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Post by Admin Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:16 pm

Hello Guys,
Here are mismatched pairs of some of the most commonly used borrowed words and their origins: Try to match the words with their origins.
1. African languages: tea
2. Arabic: chimpanzee
3. Chinese: tsunami
4. Dutch: giraffe
5. German: itsy-bitsy
6. Hungarian: mammoth
7. Indian (Sanskrit): dome
8. Indigenous American languages: smuggler
9. Italian: tobacco
10. Japanese: cashew
11. Polish: avatar
12. Portuguese: squash
13. Russian: gherkin
14. Spanish: hamburger

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Post by Abhinaya Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:22 pm

tsunami - Japanese

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Post by Abhinaya Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:23 pm

itsy-bitsy - Hungarian

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Post by Abhinaya Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:25 pm

hamburger - German

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Post by Abhinaya Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:38 pm

avatar - Sanskrit

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Post by ashmitha ponnuswamy Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:11 pm

Chinese-Tea

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Post by ashmitha ponnuswamy Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:12 pm

Spanish-Giraffe

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Post by ashmitha ponnuswamy Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:18 pm

Russian-Mammoth

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Post by ashmitha ponnuswamy Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:19 pm

Portuguese-cashew

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Post by ashmitha ponnuswamy Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:21 pm

Arabic-Tobacco

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Post by ashmitha ponnuswamy Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:24 pm

German-Smuggler

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Post by AnuAshika Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:28 pm

squash-italian

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Post by Nisha Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:39 pm

gherkin-dutch

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Post by Gautam Aravi Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:08 pm

tsunami - japanese

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Post by Gautam Aravi Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:12 pm

tea-south asia

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Post by adithya venkat Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:55 pm

german-hamburger

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Post by adithya venkat Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:57 pm

hungarian-isty bisty

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guess the meaning of "sporadic"

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