Etymology Challenge: Master Complex Word Origins
A rigorous exploration of word histories designed to stretch your knowledge of how modern English inherited its richest expressions.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Which language contributed the suffix -phobia to English, as seen in "arachnophobia"?
- 2
The term "sanguine" originally meant "of blood" in which ancestor language?
- 3
From which language does the word "ballet" derive, reflecting its artistic origins?
- 4
The English word "ketchup" traces back to a Malay sauce called what?
- 5
Which Old English root gives rise to the modern verb "to dare"?
- 6
The word "quiz" was popularized after a bet in which city?
- 7
The term "salary" originates from the Latin word for which commodity?
- 8
Which language contributed the prefix "anti-" meaning "against" to English vocabulary?
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