Are These Words of Greek or Indian Origin? Play quiz
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You are playing as a guest. Sign in to save your progress & unlock rewards!Are you ready to show off your vast English knowledge? In continuation with our series of quizzes featuring the origins of English words adopted from various languages, this quiz will throw the spotlight on words with either Greek or Indian roots. You may be surprised at the large number of Greek and Indian words that have infiltrated the modern English we speak today! Even if you've never taken a single foreign language lesson, you kind of already speak other languages.
This quiz will test your ability to identify the original language of various words. Before you begin, make sure to clear your mind. When you see the word we present, make sure to trust your instincts. We haven't tried to be tricky on purpose, but a language is a tricky thing all on its own! How well will you do? Proceed when ready.
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I got 14 out of 20!
Wow! Fanastic work. You passed this very difficult quiz! Do you have many Greek or Indian friends? Or perhaps you are just naturally good with languages!
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I got 20 out of 20!
Good work! You aced this quiz like a true linguist. Your knowledge of different languages is out of this world.
Here it’s a matter of imagining items or systems brought from India by the British vs. ideas involving Greek combinations of words. The Indian words are often commercial or aspects of nature. Greek words are often about science or social issues.
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19/20.
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16/20 Not bad Aced it quiz says I’m a true linguist, Ha ha
Greek or Indian great quiz,managed to get 100%,really nice to get 100%, used sort of inspired guess work on some words???
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14 / 20 70% I got them right by watching a British kids tv show called Horrible History.
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they still sound greek/indian
18/20 by reading percy jackson