Chapter 1

Question 1

Appetite

Answer 1

Latin verb appeto = seek,desire

Question 2

Apple

Answer 2

Old English aeppel; cf. apfel

Question 3

Apricot

Answer 3

Latin adjective, praecoquum(early ripening)

Question 4

Avocado

Answer 4

Spanish aguacate (Nahuatl ahuacatal = testicle)

Question 5

Beef

Answer 5

French boef (Latin bid,bovis = cow)

Question 6

Bread

Answer 6

Latin panis > French pain, Italian pane, Spanish pan

Question 7

Cake

Answer 7

Middle English kake;cf. Icelandic kaka, German kuchen, Dutch coek. Cookie is a diminutive form of coek.

Question 8

Carrot

Answer 8

French carotte(< Latin carota< Greek karoton)

Question 9

Cheese

Answer 9

Latin caseus

Question 10

Chicken

Answer 10

Germanic chiken

Question 11

Chocolate

Answer 11

Nahuatl chocolatl

Question 12

Coffee

Answer 12

Turkish kahve (< Arabic qahwah)
cf. French cafè(coffee shop), and cafeteria

Question 13

Cuisine

Answer 13

French kitchen; cookery

Question 14

Curry

Answer 14

Tamil kari (sauce)

Question 15

Dessert

Answer 15

French desservir (to clear the table )

Question 16

Fruit

Answer 16

Latin fruor = enjoy

Question 17

Lettuce

Answer 17

Latin lactuca

Question 18

Meat

Answer 18

Old English mete

Question 19

Menu

Answer 19

French detailed list (Latin minutus = small )

Question 20

Onion

Answer 20

Latin unio(pearl)

Question 21

Palate

Answer 21

Latin palatum = roof of the mouth

Question 22

Pasta

Answer 22

Latin pasta(dough)(< Greek pastos = sprinkled). Originally pasta was a kind of porridge sprinkled with salt.

Question 23

Pea

Answer 23

Latin pisum (cf. Italian pisello, French pois)

Question 24

Pie

Answer 24

Middle English pie (shallow pit) < Old French pho’s < Latin puleus (well)

Question 25

Pizza

Answer 25

Italian pizza < derivation unclear but perhaps Latin placenta (cake)

Question 26

Potato

Answer 26

Spanish patata (

Question 27

Poultry

Answer 27

Middle French poulet( Latin pullus = young of any animal ); cf. Spanish and Italian pollo

Question 28

Pretzel

Answer 28

German bretzel(< Latin bracellus = bracelet)

Question 29

Radish

Answer 29

Old English raedic (Latin radix = root )

Question 30

Restaurant

Answer 30

Latin restauro (restore)

Question 31

Rice

Answer 31

Old French ris (

Question 32

Salad

Answer 32

French salade < Latin salata (salted)

Question 33

Salmon

Answer 33

Latin salmon , salmonis = salmon

Question 34

Spaghetti

Answer 34

Italian spago(cord,rope)

Question 35

Linguini

Answer 35

Latin lingua( tongue)

Question 36

Spinach

Answer 36

Old Spanish espinaca (

Question 37

Squash

Answer 37

Narragansett Native American askutasquash (“thing eaten green”)

Question 38

Tea

Answer 38

Chinese t’e (Amoy dialect); the more common Chinese word is the mandarin ch’a

Question 39

Tomato

Answer 39

Spanish tomate(

Question 40

Vegetable

Answer 40

Latin vegēo(grow)

Question 41

Vodka

Answer 41

Russian voda (water)

Question 42

Whiskey

Answer 42

Gaelic usqebaugh(“ the water of life”)

Question 43

Wine

Answer 43

Latin vinum ( cf. French vin, Italian and Spanish vino)

Question 44

Brother

Answer 44

Greek phrater

Latin frater

Question 45

-chester

Answer 45

Latin castra, a military camp

Question 46

Literally, affectionate; an ardent fan

Answer 46

aficionado(Spanish)