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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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