The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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