Words From Other Languages
English borrows from everywhere. Trace these everyday words back to their roots.
Open any English sentence and you are likely using words that began their lives in other languages. "Kindergarten" is German, "safari" is Swahili, "robot" was coined in Czech, and "sushi" is, of course, Japanese. This round traces familiar everyday words back to their roots, and the journey is a quiet history lesson in disguise — borrowed words tend to arrive with the things they name, so they mark moments of trade, migration and cultural contact. Each answer adds a short note on the origin, which is where the surprises live: "robot" comes from a 1920 play and a word meaning forced labour. It is a medium round that rewards curiosity about language rather than formal study. You do not need to speak any of these tongues; you already use their vocabulary every day. By the end you may start hearing the foreign origins hiding inside ordinary conversation, which is a small but lasting pleasure.
Questions in this quiz
Here’s a preview of the 6 questions you’ll be asked in Words From Other Languages. Start the quiz above to play — the answers are revealed as you go.
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The word “kindergarten” comes from which language?
- German
- French
- Latin
- Greek
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“Safari” entered English from which language?
- Swahili
- Hindi
- Arabic
- Zulu
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The word “robot” was popularised from which language?
- Czech
- Russian
- Polish
- German
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“Sushi” comes from which language?
- Japanese
- Chinese
- Korean
- Thai
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The phrase “déjà vu” is borrowed from…
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Latin
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The word “tycoon” derives from which language?
- Japanese
- Mandarin
- Korean
- Mongolian
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