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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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