Question

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

Answer 1

tycoon – Japanese

tulip – French

logo – Greek

bandicoot – Telugu

barbecue – Spanish

veranda – Hindi

robot – Czech

zero – Italian

ski – Norwegian

trek – Dutch