The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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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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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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