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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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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