The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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