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Etymology Story Cards
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Etymology
The study of word origins
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Algorithm
From Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi
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Salary
From Latin "salt money"
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Quarantine
From Italian "forty days"
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Robot
From Czech "forced labor"
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Gymnasium
From Greek "exercise naked"
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Muscle
From Latin "little mouse"
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Disaster
From Italian "ill-starred"
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Paradise
From Persian "walled garden"
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Chaos
From Greek primordial void
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