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The word "kindergarten" comes from the German language. It translates to "children's garden" in English.
What language does the word 'cotton' originate from?
Chinese. The Chinese originally called it "Kia".
The word "picnic" originally comes from the French word "pique-nique," which was first used in the 17th century to describe a social gathering where attendees brought their own food.
The word "lieutenant" comes from French, ultimately deriving from the Old French word "lieu" (place) and "tenant" (holding). The term originally referred to someone who "holds the place" in the absence of a superior.
The word "brunette" comes from the French word "brun," which means brown. It is used to describe a person with dark brown hair.
The origin of a word indicates the language the word originally came from, or the languages certain parts (such as prefixes and suffixes) come from.
The word skirt comes from Old Norse and was borrowed back in the 14th century
The word "diploma" comes from the Greek word "diploma," which means "a folded paper." It originally referred to a folded document containing a decree, charter, or official diploma.
The word vlucht is a Dutch word, and it originally comes from the old Dutch language. It means flight, or more specifically flight of birds. The word vlucht comes from the term vluchten.
Latin, originally.
It comes from the Spanish word guitarra, and the Spanish got it originally from the French and (farther back) Greek languages.