Etymology: Where in the World did these words come from?

Chocolate

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Chocolate came from the ancient Aztec people, who used to make hot chocolate. Yum!

Jaguar

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Jaguar comes from a native Brazilian language. It meant a large fierce predator!

Zombies

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The word zombie came from a West African word,"nzombi" which was the name of a snake god!

Banana

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Banana comes from the old Arabic word for "finger tip"!

Tsunami

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Tsunami comes from Japanese. "Tsu" means harbor, and "nami" means wave. So a tsunami is a wave that covers the harbor!

Boomerang

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Boomerang comes from Australia. The word originally meant curved stick to the aborigines!

Ketchup

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ketchup comes from China! "kôe-chiap" literally means a brine of pickled fish!

Suash

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Squash came from the Native Americans! Their word, "askutasquash" literally meant "the things that may be eaten raw,"

Cookie

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Cookie comes from the Netherlands, who speak dutch. Their word was "koekje" which meant, "little cake"!

Zebra

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The word zebra has a long and confusing history. We get Zebra from the Portuguese, but they didn't make up the word. They got it from somewhere in central Africa, possibly the Congo.