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English is a Language that Contains Words from Many Other Languages.

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English is a language that contains words from many other languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a world language, for example:

petite - French

kindergarten - German

capital - Latin

democracy - Greek

bazaar - Hindi

Find out the origin of the following words.

Tycoon, tulip, logo, bandicoot, barbecue, veranda, robot, zero, ski, trek

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Solution

tycoon - Japanese

tulip - French

logo - Greek

bandicoot - Telugu

barbecue - Spanish

veranda - Hindi

robot - Czech

zero - Italian

ski - Norwegian

trek - Dutch

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