The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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