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chimney

From Old French cheminee "fireplace; room with a fireplace; hearth; chimney stack" (12c., Modern French cheminée), from Medieval Latin caminata "a fireplace,"

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thief

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shark

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rocket

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thief

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bell

Old English belle, which has cognates in Middle Dutch belle, Middle Low German belle but is not found elsewhere in Germanic

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elf

Old English elf (Mercian, Kentish), ælf (Northumbrian), ylfe (plural, West Saxon) "sprite, fairy, goblin, incubus," from Proto-Germanic *albiz.

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eraser

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fairy

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banana

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gift

From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse gift, gipt "gift; good luck," from Proto-Germanic *geftiz

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mistletoe

Old English mistel "basil, mistletoe" + tan "twig," from Proto-Germanic *tainan "twig".

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angel

Fusion of Old English engel (with hard -g-) and Old French angele. Both are from Late Latin angelus, from Greek angelos.

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wreath

Old English wriða "fillet, bandage, band" (literally "that which is wound around"). Meaning "ring or garland of flowers or vines" is first recorded 1560s.

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bauble

Early 14c., "showy trinket or ornament," from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty".

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reindeer

Deer inhabiting the arctic regions of Europe, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hreindyri "reindeer," with dyr "animal" + hreinn.

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tinsel

Kind of cloth made with interwoven gold or silver thread, from Anglo-French tencele, Old French estencele, estincelle "spark, spangle"

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present

From Old French present and directly from Medieval Latin presentia, from phrases such as French en present "(to offer)," mettre en present " place before, give,

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