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Etymoloquiz 1

Modern English words have their ultimate origins in many different languages. Fill the gaps with the correct original source language and the reference to the original meaning of the source word.

Look at the words in the left column. Then choose the correct original source language for the first gap and the reference to the original meaning in the second gap. Some languages are used more than once.

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Source languages: Latin, Greek, Arabic, Taino, Sanskrit, Gaelic, Old English
References: at leisure, battle cry, cloak, gravel, popular drug, huckster, nudity, throw alongside, barbecue, ancient city

assassin
buccaneer
cheap
currant
empty
escape
gymnasium
parole
slogan
sugar


Find out all about history of these words and many more in Bless the Buccaneer with Barbecued Blood. Visit Bless the Buccaneer for more details. © Marc Loewenthal, Liondale Publications