What is the origin of the word 'rucksack'? Germanic, Slavic or Anglo-Frisian?
Germanic
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What is the origin of the word 'write'? Romance, Germanic, Slavic?
Slavic
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What is the origin of the word 'donate'? Latin, Greek or Germanic?
Latin from the word donare: to give
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The Romance languages include Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and ...
French
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You might love playing fortnite but do you know what the actual Latin word 'fort' means?
strong, powerful
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eraser
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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lifesaver
Give 15 points!
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The Greek word democracy is used, in some form or other, around the world. What does it mean?
Power to the people
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Which of the following languages is not of Germanic origin? Flemish, Norwegian, Afrikaans or Polish?
Polish
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The internationally-used word 'robot' comes from the Slavic word 'robota'. But what does it mean?
forced labor, servitude
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According to myth, Zeus placed his newborn son, Hercules, on the breast of sleeping Hera to make him immortal. When she woke up the milk was spilt forming which international word?
the galaxy also known as the Milky Way
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Which European language does the word 'cemetery' originate from and what does it mean?
Greek 'ΚÎŋÎđΞιΞιÎđ', graveyard
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According to myth, the naughty god Pan chased after nymphs. When he chased after Echo she felt ... and an international word was born from the combination of their names.