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 "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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