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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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