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fiancé meant “trust”

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from Latin thought to have been from "skeptikos" Greek meaning “thoughtful”

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a candle has a flame that glows, but a hot coal glows from within

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"smei" an Indo-European word that meant “to laugh” or “to smile”

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since most of us only eat one squash at a time the appropriate word should be asquutasq since asquutasquash is plural

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from an Indo-European root we meaning “to blow”

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"rescue" literally means “shake off again” but why?

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it was a sense of youth that lent the word bachelor its modern meanings

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From this floating piece of carpentry eventually became the term used to describe typing your password.

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humble literally means “close to the ground”

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arrive came from Latin and had been two words; ad ripa

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The word slalom meant “gentle slope ski track.”

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"zero" traces back to an Arabic word "cifr"

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amateur comes from the French word for “love”

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"cynic" arose in Ancient Greek and means “dog-like”

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Since the word "album" comes from Latin meaning “white,” the Beatles White Album name is redundant (but fitting)

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As if anticipating Twitter 800 years ago the meaning of chatter relates to birds uttering a rapid string of chirps.

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pressing his face to her ample bosom seemed a little inappropriate

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In your bathroom the pipes are called plumbing because at one time pipes were made of lead

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in Ancient Greek times there were no steam or internal combustion engines

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