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Given the origin of the word, please identify the common english word
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This word for "Mind Control" was named after an 18th / 19th century German physician and researcher of animal magnetism.
Mesmerize or Mesmerism
From the Aztec word āhuacatl meaning "testicle". Aside from the similar shape, this fruit is also an aphrodisiacs
Avocado
From the Czech word for "forced labour". In 1923, Karl Capek, a Czech science-fiction writer, wrote a futuristic thriller about a nightmarish scenario in which machines have taken over and implanted circuitry in humans to make them into mindless zombies willing to serve them as workers.
Robot
This word translates literally from the Greek word meaning "A ball of string". Current usage derives from the Greek myth of Theseus un-ravelling a ball of string in order to find his way out of a maze.
"Clew" Clue
Comes from the Latin "sour wine" and is the best accompanyment of a plate of chips
"Vinum"+"Acer" Vinegar
Italian for "about forty", derived from the practice of forcing the crew and cargo of arriving ships to wait for about 40 days at port to prevent the spread of disease
"Quarantina" Quarantine
"Bad Air" - from old Italian, as used to describe the fever one supposedly contracted from spending time around the bad air of swamps or bogs.
"Mal"+"Aire" Malaria
"Hash Addict" The name refers to members of a Muslim sect during the Crusades who used to smoke hashish and then murder leaders of their political oposition
"hashishiyyin" Assassin
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From the French word "genievre", meaning "juniper," which is the name of the berry which gives this drink its distinctive bitter flavor.
Gin
Italian term for "small ball or pebble." Italian citizens once voted by casting a small pebble into one of several boxes.
Ballot
From Italian "To Arms!" is still used today as a warning.
"all'arme" or Alarm
From the Latin for "crossroads" or literally "three streets". Deriving from ancient Roman intersections that would have a kiosk where ancillary tidbits of information were listed.
"Tri"+"Via" Trivia
In the early days of Rome its soldiers were given a handful of salt each day. The salt ration was subsequently replaced by a sum of money referred to as their "salt money"
"Salarium" Salary
A tough cloth originally manufactured in Nimes, France. "From Nimes"
Denim
French for Sweden - where leather was first buffed to a fine softness before being sold.
Suede
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