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Where does the word sausage come form?
The word sausage comes from:c.1450, sawsyge, from O.N.Fr. saussiche (fr. saucisse), from V.L. *salsica "sausage," from salsicus "seasoned with salt," from L. salsus "salted"
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Where did the word electric come form and why?
The Greeks discovered (2000 years ago) that you could rub certain materials against amber and the amber would hold a charge. Their word for amber was elektron.
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Where did the word Holocaust come form?
The word holocaust comes initially from Greek. The first part comes from holos - meaning 'whole', and the second comes from kaustos - meaning 'burned'. The word comes to us from Jewish religious...
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Where does the word moon come form?
From Wikipedia:
The word moon is a Germanic word, related to Latin mensis (month); it is ultimately a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root me-, also represented in measure[8] (time), with...