English loan words - guess their origin! | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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Bazaar

Farsi (Persian) 💬 It means market.

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monster

Reset all scores!

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star

Double points!

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gift

Win 25 points!

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thief

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heart

Other team wins 20 points!

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fairy

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gift

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baam

Lose 20 points!

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boom

Lose 50 points!

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gold

Win 50 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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Ketchup

Chinese / Malay💬 Originally a fermented fish sauce from Asia named "kecap".

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Guitar

Greek 💬 From “kithara.”

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Kindergarten

German 💬 Literally “children’s garden.”

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Wiki

Polynesian / Tongan /Hawaiian 💬It means "fast".

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Rendezvous

French 💬 Literally “present yourself.”

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Safari

Swahili / Arabic 💬 From “safar,” meaning “journey.”

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Paprika

Hungarian 💬 It's the diminutive of "papar" (pepper).

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Avatar

Sanskrit 💬 Means “descent” — as in a god descending to Earth.

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Café

French 💬 From “café,” meaning coffee.

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Cigar

Spanish 💬 From “cigarro,” which came from the Mayan word “sikar.”

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Algebra

Arabic 💬 From “al-jabr,” meaning “reunion of broken parts.”

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Window

Old norse 💬from the word vindauga ("wind-eye")

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