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Word Origins Trivia: Where Do Words Come From?

Eight questions on surprising etymologies, from Roman salt money to the Greek god behind the word 'panic'.

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Game type
Trivia
questions
8
Time
3 min
Language
English
Category
Culture

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The first 3 real questions in Word Origins Trivia: Where Do Words Come From?

  1. 01 / 8

    The word 'salary' comes from Latin 'salarium', tied to which valuable commodity?

    • gold
    • salt
    • pepper
    • wine
  2. 02 / 8

    'Quarantine' comes from an Italian word for which number?

    • ten
    • fourteen
    • forty
    • one hundred
  3. 03 / 8

    Latin 'musculus', the origin of 'muscle', literally meant what?

    • strong arm
    • little mouse
    • hard stone
    • moving fiber

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