Week 5 task. “Word Origins”

by **Admin** Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:12 pm

Hello Guys,
Here are mismatched pairs of some of the most commonly used borrowed words and their origins: Try to match the words with their origins.
1. African languages: tea
2. Arabic: chimpanzee
3. Chinese: tsunami
4. Dutch: giraffe
5. German: itsy-bitsy
6. Hungarian: mammoth
7. Indian (Sanskrit): dome
8. Indigenous American languages: smuggler
9. Italian: tobacco
10. Japanese: cashew
11. Polish: avatar
12. Portuguese: squash
13. Russian: gherkin
14. Spanish: hamburger

Regards,
Hanah Richard
Admin.