Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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