The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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