English is a language that contains words from many other languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a world language, for example: petite – French kindergarten – German capital – Latin democracy – Greek bazaar – Hindi Find out the origin of the following words. Tycoon, tulip, logo, bandicoot, barbecue, veranda, robot, zero, ski, trek
Answers
Tycoon - this word has originated from the Japanese language. It is used to refer to someone, who has achieved a lot in very little time.
Tulip - this word has been driven from three different languages namely, Turkish, Italian and New Latin.
Logo - This word has been driven from a Greek word.
Bandicoot - This word originated from a Telugu word 'pandi-kokku'.
Barbecue - this word has originated from Arawak language and then adopted in Spanish language and later on used in English.
Veranda - this word was at first used in the Portuguese language which was later on adopted in Hindi and then in English.
Robot: this word has been adopted from Czech.
Zero: this word was at first in the Arabic language from there it was taken in Old Spanish then adopted in Italian and then in English.
Ski: this word was first used in Old Norse and from there it was adopted in Norwegian and then English.
Trek: this word originated from South African Dutch language.
Answer:
Tycoon - Japanese
Tulip - Turkey
Zero - Arabic
Logo - Greek
Bandicoot- Telugu
Barbecue - Spanish
Veranda - Portuguese
Robot - Czech
Ski - Norwegian
Trek - Dutch