Question 1: 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
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Tycoon is derived from Japanese word taikun,
Tulip =turkey word dulban/turban
Zero=Arabic, literal translation of the Sanskrit uunya
Barbecue =Spanish word barbacoa
Varenda=Indian, adaptation of the Portuguese n Spanish word Brenda
Ski=Jrom, the old Norsk
Logo=Greek word logotipos
Robot=Czech word robot meaning worker
Trek=Dutch word trekken
Bandicoot =Telugu word pandhikoku
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Tulip =turkey word dulban/turban
Zero=Arabic, literal translation of the Sanskrit uunya
Barbecue =Spanish word barbacoa
Varenda=Indian, adaptation of the Portuguese n Spanish word Brenda
Ski=Jrom, the old Norsk
Logo=Greek word logotipos
Robot=Czech word robot meaning worker
Trek=Dutch word trekken
Bandicoot =Telugu word pandhikoku
Hope this is helpful
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