Café
French 💬 From “café,” meaning coffee.
Kindergarten
German 💬 Literally “children’s garden.”
Rendezvous
French 💬 Literally “present yourself.”
Tofu
Chinese 💬 From “doufu” — bean curd.
Avatar
Sanskrit 💬 Means “descent” — as in a god descending to Earth.
Guitar
Greek 💬 From “kithara.”
Cigar
Spanish 💬 From “cigarro,” which came from the Mayan word “sikar.”
Ketchup
Chinese / Malay💬 Originally a fermented fish sauce from Asia named "kecap".
Yoga
Sanskrit 💬 Means “union.”
Safari
Swahili / Arabic 💬 From “safar,” meaning “journey.”
Piano
Italian 💬 Short for “pianoforte” — “soft-loud.”
Robot
Czech 💬 Coined by Czech writer Karel Čapek, from “robota,” meaning “forced labor.”
Chocolate
Nahuatl (Aztec) 💬 From “xocolatl,” meaning “bitter water.”
Algebra
Arabic 💬 From “al-jabr,” meaning “reunion of broken parts.”
Karaoke
Japanese 💬 “Kara” = empty, “oke” = orchestra. So, “empty orchestra.”
Tsunami
Japanese 💬 It means “harbor wave.”
