The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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 word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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