{"id":2671,"date":"1999-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/words\/1999\/08\/16\/qqquiz-answers\/"},"modified":"2018-01-14T23:32:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T07:32:06","slug":"qqquiz-answers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/words\/answers\/qqquiz-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"qqq: Roots (Answers)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n

True or false?<\/h3>\r\n
\r\n
Ampersand<\/i> is from Amper's and<\/i>, because someone named Amper was the first one to write \"Et\" in that particular form. (JEH, from Jere7my)<\/dt>\r\n
False; it's a shortening of and per se and<\/i>.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Azure<\/i> is related to lapis lazuli<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Buckaroo<\/i> (cowboy) is related to vaccine<\/i> by way of Latin vacca<\/i> (cow). (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True; buckaroo<\/i> comes from Spanish vaquero<\/i>.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Caliber<\/i> (the diameter of a bullet) is from Arabic qalib<\/i> (a shoemaker's last). (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Chapel<\/i> is from Latin cappa<\/i>, cloak, because a chapel was built to house the cloak of St. Martin of Tours. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Chauvinism<\/i> is from Nicholas Chauvin, a fictional patriotic French soldier (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Cloud-cuckoo-land<\/i> is a direct translation from the Greek nephelokokkygia<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Copper<\/i> (metal) is from Latin Cuprum<\/i>, from Classical Greek Kupros<\/i> (Cyprus), the island to which it is native. (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Cypress<\/i> (tree) is from Latin Cuprum<\/i>, from Classical Greek Kupros<\/i> (Cyprus), the island to which it is native. (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
False, though a homomorph<\/a> of that word, cypress<\/i> (a kind of gauze), is derived from Cyprus<\/i>.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Counsel<\/i> is from the same root as council<\/i>.<\/dt>\r\n
False. Counsel<\/i> is from consulere<\/i> (to consult); council<\/i> is from com-<\/i> + calare<\/i> (to call).<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Corduroy<\/i> is from the French cour du roi<\/i>, \"court of the king,\" because that's where it was first worn. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
I believe this to be false, but unfortunately, it's related to the duroy<\/i> (a kind of fabric), which is of unknown etymology. Dominus notes, \"I'm trying to stay away from words of obscure origin in the quiz, because I don't want to hear people complain that I can't be sure that they were wrong.\"<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Denim<\/i> originally came from Nimes, France, and was called serge de Nimes<\/i>. (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Don<\/i> and doff<\/i> are related to on<\/i> and off<\/i>, respectively. (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Egregious<\/i> is related to gregarious<\/i> by way of Latin grex<\/i> (herd). (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Galvanize<\/i> is named after Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Gargle<\/i> is cognate with gargoyle<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Garlic<\/i> is from gar<\/i> (spear, because of its spear-shaped leaves, akin to the spear-shaped gar<\/i> fish) + lic<\/i> (leek, because it's like a leek). (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Journal<\/i> derives from the same root as diary<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Maudlin<\/i> derives from Mary Magdalene<\/i>, often depicted as crying. (from Jon Carroll)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Minimum<\/i> is cognate with miniature<\/i>. (MJD?)<\/dt>\r\n
False: minimum<\/i> is from Latin minimum<\/i> (smallest); miniature<\/i> is from Latin minius<\/i> (red paint).<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Minister<\/i> is from Latin minister<\/i> (servant). (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Minister<\/i> is related to Latin minor<\/i>; majesty<\/i> and magister<\/i> are related to Latin major<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Mustard<\/i> is related to musty<\/i>. (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
True: both derive from Latin mustus<\/i> (must, as in a musty smell).<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Slogan<\/i> is from a Gaelic battle-cry, sluagh-ghairm<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Squash<\/i> (to smash) means to cause to resemble the messy, pulpy insides of the squash plant. (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
False: the verb is from Latin ex-<\/i> + quassare<\/i> (to shake); the noun is from Narraganset ask\u00fatasquash<\/i>.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Toll<\/i> is from Latin tollis<\/i>, to take away. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
False: it's from Latin telos<\/i> (tax).<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Truce<\/i> is related to truculent<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
False. Truce<\/i> is related to true<\/i>; truculent<\/i> to Latin trux<\/i> (fierce).<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Vanilla<\/i> derives from Latin vagina<\/i> (sheath). (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Glans<\/i> is Latin for acorn<\/i>. (MJD)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n
\u00a0<\/dt>\r\n
Vicar<\/i> is related to vicarious<\/i>. (JEH)<\/dt>\r\n
True.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>

Multiple choice<\/h3>\r\n

Alimony<\/i> is related to:
\r\n A. Alimentary<\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n Baguette<\/i> is named that because:
\r\n C. It's French for \"rod\"<\/p>\r\n

Gamut<\/i> is:
\r\n A. From gamma<\/i> and ut<\/i>, two names for notes; denoted the whole musical scale\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Hecatomb<\/i> (a large-scale slaughter) is from:
\r\n B. Hekaton<\/i> (100) + bous<\/i> (ox): sacrificial slaughter of 100 oxen\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Honcho<\/i> is from:
\r\n A. Japanese<\/p>\r\n

Peccary<\/i> (a kind of wild pig) derives from:
\r\n C. a Carib word<\/p>\r\n

Typhoon<\/i> is from:
\r\n A. Cantonese tai fung<\/i> (enormous wind: tai<\/i> (very big) + fung<\/i> (wind))
\r\n B.\r\n Urdu tufan<\/i> (violent storm), ultimately from tafa<\/i> (to turn around)
\r\n C.\r\n Greek Typhon<\/i>, an enormous monster, son of Typhoeus (father\r\n of the winds)<\/p>\r\n

Answer: All of the above! A truly remarkable etymology; the Urdu word derives, I believe, from the Greek, and the Cantonese term influenced the English word. Dominus provided this; it's one of the coolest etymologies I've encountered.<\/p>\r\n

\r\nWhiskey<\/i> is called that because:
\r\n B. It's from Irish Gaelic uisce beathadh<\/i> (water of life).<\/p>\r\n

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