English might seem like it’s made of purely English words… but it’s actually a patchwork of borrowings from dozens of languages. From Dutch icebergs to Greek acrobats, this quiz will test if you can trace some very familiar words back to their surprising roots.
Curious Linguist
English might seem like it’s made of purely English words… but it’s actually a patchwork of borrowings from dozens of languages. From Dutch icebergs to Greek acrobats, this quiz will test if you can trace some very familiar words back to their surprising roots.
