Which words have a wild past?

July 1st, 2011 4:00 pm by Alejendro

1. Juggernaut
From a huge wagon bearing an image of the god Krishna, especially that at the town of Puri, drawn annually in procession in which apocryphally devotees allowed themselves to be crushed under its wheels in sacrifice.

2. Shampoo
From the Hindi word for press, knead the muscles.

3. Ketchup
From the Malay-Chinese term for brine of fish.

4. Hazard
From the Arabic term for the dice.

5. Wiki
From the Hawaiian word for quick.

6. Phony
From a code word meaning brass ring used by swindlers.

7. Sandwich
From the name of a member of the British aristocracy who was overly fond of gambling.

8. Pecksniffian
From the name of a character in a novel by Charles Dickens.

9. Denim
From the name of the town in southern France where this originated.

10. Assassin
From the title of a fanatical group in the Middle Ages that would consume hashish before engaging in violence.

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14 Responses to “Which words have a wild past?”

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sisen Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 4:05 pm
bengvarthlak dawn e
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H.Vangchhia Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Shampoo: The word shampoo in English is derived from Hindi chÄmpo (à¤šà¤¾à¤à¤ªà¥‹ [tÊƒÃ£ËpoË]),[1] and dates to 1762.[2] The Hindi word referred to head massage, usually with some form of hair oil.

Source: Wikipedia 😛

Hazard: The word hazard was introduced to English as the name for a game played with dice. It was borrowed from Old French hasard, which came via Spanish azar from Arabic azzahr, earlier al-zahr ‘luck, chance’. Its associations were thus from the first with ‘uncertainty’, and its central modern sense ‘danger’ did not develop until the 16th century.
Source: http://www.word-origins.com/definition/hazard.html

Origin of Phony: http://www.jstor.org/pss/452617

NOI em em aw 😛
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paeia Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Chhiar hma in ka’n respond ve reng reng te’ng!
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littlerascal Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:06 pm
keipawh nakina chhiar ah lolz
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saint sammoo Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:16 pm
pu HV tak hi chu aw!
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saint sammoo Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:17 pm
pu HV tak hi chu aw! (Y)
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saint sammoo Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:19 pm
eu.. Voi khat chiah ka enter sia.
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saint sammoo Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:21 pm
ka’n ti leh chhin. Double leh tho em o?
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nastycool Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Earl of Sandwich, gambling addict chuan pawisa khelh a hrat leh nuam tih em a vang in chaw ei mumal hman lovin chhangthawp kar ah sa leh tlai eng ilo zeh a ei thin a, hengtiang eitur hi Sandwich tih a lo ni hlen ta ani.(google search lovin sawi ang:P)
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Chhuanawma Royte Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Inchhiar zauh fe loh chuan risk ngaihna pawh ka hre lo ve
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Chemtatrawta Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Mr.Sangte chu ziak tha leh pap pap ve o.. 😉

Khawvela tawng awm zawng zawngte hi Sanskrit leh Latin chhulchhuak vek an tih thin hi dik tak maw..??
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ReMpYâ„ Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 6:22 pm
Juggernaut chu Green Lantern comics ah villain pakhat hming a nih kha..i love Marvel comics..
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Pangpuielhtliaka Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Juggernaut ! hehe… ka dota ve hlut lai kha ka hre chhuak zawk mai. (H)
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CFL Says:
July 2nd, 2011 at 12:49 am
Ka var uar ta mai a. (Y)