Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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