The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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