Words used in English: Language Origins Quiz

Which of these English words comes from Greek?

• Democracy

• Pizza

• Shampoo

• Robot

The word 'aquarium' comes from which language?

• Latin

• Norse

• Hindi

• French

Café is a word borrowed from which language?

• Greek

• Norse

• Latin

• French

Which of these words comes from Norse?

• Cake

• Bungalow

• Sofa

• Chocolate

The English word 'jungle' comes from which language?

• Latin

• Hindi

• French

• Greek

The word 'robot' has its origins in which language?

• Norse

• French

• Latin

• None of these

'Chaos' is a word borrowed from which language?

• Greek

• Latin

• Hindi

• Norse

The word 'piano' comes from which language?

• Greek

• Hindi

• French

• Latin

The word 'mango' has its origins in which language?

• French

• Chinese

• Hindi

• Greek

'Kungfu' is a word borrowed from which language?

• Hindi

• French

• Chinese

• Latin