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Which Language is This Word From?

How well do you think you know the etymology of common English words? Take this quiz and you'll find out!

Shai K. 4/25/2021

Since English is a borrower of words from every language imaginable, how well do you think you know the etymology of common English words? Take this quiz and you'll find out!

What is this English word's language of origin?

African

German

Arabic

French

What is this English word's language of origin?

Hebrew

Italian

Arabic

Chinese

What is this English word's language of origin?

Hindi / Sanskrit

French

German

Norwegian

What is this English word's language of origin?

Portuguese

African

Arabic

Hebrew

What is this English word's language of origin?

Norwegian

German

Spanish

Hindi

What is this English word's language of origin?

Dutch

Italian

French

Chinese

What is this English word's language of origin?

French

Russian

Spanish

Persian

What is this English word's language of origin?

Spanish

French

Chinese

African

What is this English word's language of origin?

Russian

Spanish

Portuguese

Arabic

What is this English word's language of origin?

Portuguese

Hindi

German

Italian

What is this English word's language of origin?

African

French

Chinese

Russian

What is this English word's language of origin?

Arabic

Russian

Dutch

French

What is this English word's language of origin?

Persian

Chinese

Norwegian

Portuguese

What is this English word's language of origin?

Dutch

Danish

Hindi

Italian

What is this English word's language of origin?

German

Italian

Arabic

Hindi

What is this English word's language of origin?

Chinese

Arabic

French

Spanish

What is this English word's language of origin?

Hebrew

Arabic

Persian

Chinese

Shall We Try Again?

Unfortunately you didn't get a very good score on this one. We may use these words all the time, but their origins are unknown to most of us. This is a great opportunity to learn some of those origins. How about trying again?

Word Decipher

Very well done! You didn't get the highest score but you have surely shown you know your way around the etymologies of many common English words. Good show!

Lord of the Word

Congratulations! You must know so much about the English language to figure out all these etymologies! You either understand the rules and forms that accompany each language or you already knew these words specifically, either way - it's very impressive!