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  • Zero
    ARABIC... Many math words come from Arabic.
  • Sauna
    The word sauna is borrowed from FINNISH.
  • Safari
    The word safari is borrowed from SWAHILI which is a language spoken in parts of Africa.
  • Shampoo
    The word shampoo is borrowed from HINDI which is one of the official languages of India. The original word 'champo' really meant to squeeze or to press.
  • Ukulele
    The word ukulele is borrowed from HAWAIIAN.
  • Café
    “Cafe” comes from the FRENCH word for “coffee,” but it’s also very similar to other words related to coffee in many other languages.
  • Cookie
    The English language derived the word ‘cookie’ from the DUTCH term ‘Koekie’, similar to cake
  • Cartoons
    The word ‘cartoon’ originates from the Italian term ‘carton’ which initially referred to as a drawing on hard paper and was transformed into comical representat
  • Karaoke
    The word karaoke is borrowed from JAPANESE. the word means empty orchestra.
  • Anonymous
    The word ‘anonymous’ comes from the GREEK word ‘anōnumos’.
  • Helicopter
    The word helicopter is borrowed from GREEK. The 'pter' part of this word means wing
  • Lemon
    The ARABIC word from which ‘lemon’ originates is called ‘Laimun’, a yellow citrus fruit.
  • Origami
    From JAPANESE, Origami is the art of folding small pieces of paper in order to form them into interesting shapes.
  • Bandana
    The word bandana is borrowed from HINDI.
  • Ketchup
    Originating from its CHINESE equal ‘Ke-stiap’, the word referred to as a concoction of pickled fish and spices in 1692.