Afrikaans (South Africa)

aardvark, apartheid (separateness), commando, scoff (eat voraciously), slim, springbok (a type of antelope), trek (journey by wagon), wildebeest

Akkadian (Extinct Language of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires)

Babel (ancient city - from babul, gate of God), Babylon (ancient capital city - from babul, gate of God)

Albanian (Albania, Kosova)

Carpathian (Eastern European Mountain Range - from karpë, rock)

Algonquin (North American Indian)

caribou, caucus, Massachusetts (US state - place near the big little hills), Missouri (US state - town of the large canoes ), moccasins, Oregon (US state - beautiful water), pecan, racoon, terrapin, tomahawk, wigwam (their house), Wisconsin (US state - grassy place), Wyoming (US state - place of the big flats)

Amharic (Ethiopia)

Negus (Ethiopian ruler)

Amoy (Eastern China)

tea, ketchup

Anglo-Saxon (Extinct Language of England)

Easter (goddess of Spring), Friday (from Frigga wife of the god Odin), Tuesday (from Tiw god of war), Thursday (from Thor god of thunder), Welsh (speakers of a strange language), Wednesday (from Odin god of inspiration), Yule

Arabic (Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, North Africa)

admiral, albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alfalfa, algebra (reunion of broken parts), algorithm, alkali, amber, amulet, aniline, antimony, arsenal, artichoke, assassin, average (equitable distribution of losses due to damaged goods), ayatollah, azimuth, calibre, camphor, carat (weight of four grains), caraway, cipher, coffee, cork, cotton, diaper, drub (beat), elixir, fakir, fellah (peasant), fez (named after its city of origin in Morocco), garbage, gazelle, genie, giraffe, goul (the same root as Algol), hashish, harem, hazard, henna, kismet (fate), lime, loofah, lute, magazine, mask (buffoon), mattress, minaret, mohair, monsoon (season), mosque, myrrh, nadir, pancreas, racket (for ball games - palm of hand), ream (bundle), safari, Sahara (desert), saffron, sahib (friend), satin (named after its city of origin in China), sequin (coin), sheikh (old man), sherbet, sheriff (noble), sofa, soda (headache - from plant used as a remedy), sultan, syrup (drink), tabby (from a district in Baghdad), talisman, tamarind (Indian date), tariff, wadi (dry river), yashmak (veil), zenith, zero, zircon

Aramaic (Extinct Language of Syria and Palestine)

Jesus (saviour)

Araucanian (Chilean Indian)

poncho

Arawak (Colombia and Caribbean)

cacique, iguana, tobacco

Aymara (Bolivian Indian)

alpaca

Balti (Pakistani Himalaya)

polo (ball)

Bambara (Mali, West Africa)

juke (as in juke box found in a jook house, a brothel)

Basque (Northern Spain)

bizarre (beard), jingo (god - used in jingoism), silhouette (place of holes)

Beja (Sudan and Eritrea)

Beduin (from ti-bedaawye, the nomadic people who speak the language)

Bengali (Bangladesh and North East India)

Bangladesh (land of small houses), bungalow (from bangal, small house), dinghy (little boat), jute (fibre from the bark of an Indian tree used for making sacks), tom-tom

Breton (Western France)

bar, barracks, barrier, basin, beak, billiards, branch, bravo, bribe, career, carol, carry, charge, chariot, cloak, gabardine, garrotte, garter, gobble, gravel, hurt, job, packet, peg, pickaxe, pip, plug, pouch, putty, quay, rock, rogue, rote, tan, valet

Cantonese (Southern China, Hong Kong, UK, USA)

chopsuey (mixed bits), cumquat, dim sum, gung ho, joss (luck), lychee, wok, yen

Carib (Caribbean)

barbecue, cannibal, canoe, caiman (a type of crocodile), macaw, maize, papaya, yucca

Catalan (North Eastern Spain)

cachalot (a sperm whale - big teeth), capsize, paella (sea-food and rice dish named after the pan it is cooked in)

Choctaw (North American Indian)

Alabama (US state - I clear the land), Oklahoma (US state - red people)

Cornish (Extinct Language of Cornwall in England)

gull

Cree (North American Indian)

chipmunk, Eskimo (eaters of raw flesh), Michigan (US state - big lake), moose, opossum, pow wow, Quebec (Canadian province - it is shut), Saskatchewan (Canadian province - rapid current), skunk, squash, squaw, Winnipeg (Canadian city - swamps)

Croatian (Balkans)

cravat

Cuna (Atlantic Coast of Panama)

Panama (abundance of fish)

Czech (Central Europe)

howitzer (catapult), pistol, polka (a dance), robot (forced labour), Semtex (explosive named after its place of origin)

Danish (Denmark)

dangle (symbolic formation), drip, fog, kidnap (take a child), ombudsman, rift, rune, skulk, smile, tang (point - describing taste)

Dharuk (Australia)

barrack (jeer at), boomerang, budgerigar, dingo, koala, wallaby

Dutch (Netherlands and Belgium)

ahoy, aloof, amidships, avast, ballast, block, bluff, boom, boss (master), brandy, Brooklyn (New York District - a former Dutch colony), bully, bumpkin, bundle, cackle, caboose, cam, coleslaw, cookie, cruise, deck, decoy (entice), derrick (formerly a scaffold; named after a Dutch hangman), dock, dot, drill, drug, duffel, dyke (wall), easel, elope, etch, flout, fop, freight, frolic, fumble, funk, gallop, gas, glib, grab, growl, gruesome, grumble, guild, gulp, halibut, Harlem (New York District - a former Dutch colony), heckle, hoist, holster, Hottentot, hustle, jeer, kipper, knack, knapsack, landscape, ledger, litmus, lob, loiter, lottery, maelstrom, manikin, measles, morass, mumps, nib, offal, ogle, pamper, pickle, plug, plump, poll (counting by heads), pump, quack (prattle - a false doctor), ramble, rant, roster (list), rover (pirate), rumble, rumple, Santa Claus, scab, scone (fine bread), scour, skate, sketch, skipper, sledge, sleigh, slip, slurp, smuggle, snack, snip, snoop, snuff (sniff), snug, sob, spa, spangle, splice (join ropes by interweaving), splinter, split, spook (ghost), stoker, stove, suds, trample, trawl (drag net), trigger (pull), tub, waffle, wagon, yacht (hunt), Yankee, Zealand

Egyptian (Extinct Language of Ancient Egypt)

ammonia (camel dung - because burning camel dung produces ammonia), barge, bark, gum, ibis, ivory, oasis, paper (papyrus), sack

Etruscan (Extinct Language of Pre-Roman Italy)

attrium (entrance), baron (strong man), ceremony, cistern, Ides, January (from Janus the ancient Italian two faced god), persona (mask), Rome (Italian city), Saturn

Evenki (Siberia)

shaman (priest)

Ewe (Nigeria)

voodoo

Farsi (Iran and Afghanistan)

aubergine, azure, bazaar, biryani (fried), caravan, checkmate (The king is dead), dervish, divan, jackal, jar, jasmine, julep (rose water), khaki, kiosk, lemon, lilac, lime, magic, ounce, pagoda (temple of idols), paradise, pistachio, pyjama, rice, rook (castle), sash, scarlet, serendipity, shawl (named after its town of origin in India), spinach, taffeta (shrine), talc, tambourine, tiara, tiger, turban

Finnish (Finland and North West Russia)

sauna

Frankish (8th Century Central Europe)

chamberlain, fiefdom (cattle owner), hose (leg covering), marshall (to look after horses)

French (France, Central Europe, West Africa, Caribbean, Indo-China)

a la carte, abattoir, ambulance (walking hospital), arson, attaché, ballet, bayonet (named after its place of origin), biscuit (twice cooked), bon vivant, cabaret, cache (hidden), carte blanche, cartoon, chauffeur, coup d'etat, coupon, courier, crayon, crochet, croquet, debris, denim (from Nimes), dentist, detour, diplomat, dossier (bundle of papers), en masse, en route, envoy, espionage, etiquette, fait accompli, faux pas, gaffe, gourmet, hors d'oeuvre, laissez faire, lieutenant, macabre, margarine, marinade, maroon, mascot, mauve, mayonnaise (named after its place of origin), memoir, menu (list), mortgage, mutiny, nasal, niece, nomad, nouveau riche, omelette, panache, parachute, par excellence, picnic, plaque, promenade, publicity, queue, raffle, raison d'être, rapport, ratchet, rectangle, regal, regime, relay, renaissance (rebirth), rendezvous, reprimand, reservoir (reserve supply), resign (surrender), restaurant, revenue (return), ricochet, rifle (groove), risk, roast, rôle (from the roll of paper containing an actor's part), roulette (little wheel), rout (disorderly retreat), route (marching orders), routine, royal, sabotage (clatter with wooden shoes), sachet (little sack), salvage, satchel (little bag), sauce, saucer, sauté (tossed), savoir faire, séance, sirloin, somersault (leap above), soufflé, soup, souvenir (memory), spiral, splendid, suède (from Sweden), sport, syndicate, tampon (wad for packing gun), tangerine (named after its city of origin in Morocco), tapestry, torture, traffic, tranquil, trophy, unique, velocity, version, visa (things seen), zany, zest, zigzag

Gaelic (Scotland and Ireland)

banshee (woman of the fairy mound), bard (poet), blarney, bog (soft), bother (trouble), brat, brisk, brogue, caddy, cairn, clan (children), claymore, crag, dour, dune (heap), gab, galore (plenty), gob, glamour, glen (valley), golf, hooligan, keen, Kent (English county - white), lashings (abundance), leprechaun, loch, moniker (name), pet (tame animal, favoured), phoney, pillion (cushion), pony, puck, shamrock, shanty (old house), slob (slovenly), slogan, smashing (that is good), smidgen, smithereens (little bits), sporran (purse), spunk, Strontium, swap, Tory (outlaw), trousers, twig (understand), whisky (water)

Gaulish (Extinct Language of Pre-Roman France)

ambassador (drive around), Bohemia (Central European Region), briar, bulge (hold-all), bushel, car, carpenter (wheel maker), carriage, cat, Druid, furore (from a Celtic battle cry), lawn (open space between woods), league (a distance of three miles - 7.4 km), leaven, muzzle, Paris (French city named after a Celtic tribe), truant

German (Germany and Central Europe)

abseil, angst, Bismuth (white mass), blitz, brake, clock, clown, dachshund, dollar, Dutch, edelweiss, feldspar, flak, Gestapo, hamburger (named after its city of origin), heroin, hex, hinterland, kindergarten (children's garden), lager, larch, luck, marzipan, menthol, muesli, muffin, Nazi, nickel (named after the Devil), noodle, plunder, poodle, pretzel, quartz, rapier, rocket, rub, rucksack, sauerkraut, scoop, shirk (scoundrel), sling, snorkel, sod (turf), stroll (wander), strudel, swindle, tackle (apparatus), vandal, veneer, vitamin, waltz, waylay, wrangle, Yiddish (Jewish), yodel

Greek (Greece, Cyprus, Middle East, Egypt)

academy, acrobat (walking on tiptoe), alphabet (the first two Greek letters, alpha and beta), amazon, amnesia (without memory), anonymous (without name), anthropo- (man), anti- (opposite), aracno- (spider), aristocrat (best ruler), asbestos, athlete (contender for prize), attic, Australia (southern), auto- (self), barbarian, bar- (weight), Bible (book), bishop, buffalo, bio- (life), canopy (mosquito net), cathedral (seat), catholic (universal), cemetery (dormitory), ceramic, chorus (dance), Christ (anointed), chrono- (time), cosmos (all, everyone), crocodile, cryo- (cold), crypto- (hidden), cynic, democracy (state of the people), dinosaur (terrible lizard), diploma, dogma, drama, echo, economy (manage a house), ego (I), Egypt, Ethiopia (hot face), Eucharist (thanks), Exodus (going out, exit), genesis (beginning), geo- (earth), gymnasium, gynae- (woman), gypsy, helicopter, helio- (sun), hemi- (half), hero, hetero- (different), hippopotamus (river horse), history, holocaust (entirely burnt), horizon, hydro- (water), idea, India, isotope (same place), Istanbul (City in Turkey - in the town), kilo- (thousand), litho- (stone), logarithm (account, addition), marathon (named after a battleground from where a messenger ran 26 miles (42 km) to bring news), mathematics (something learnt), martyr, meander (from a winding river now in Turkey), mechanic, mega- (big), melody, Mesopotamia (between the rivers), method (pursuit of knowledge), metropolis (mother city), micro- (small), mime, monarch (alone), moron (stupid), museum (home of the muses), myopia, myriad, mystery (secret ceremony), Naples (City in Italy - new city), nemesis, neural, nous (mind), obelisk, Olympic, philo- (friend), orphan, ostracize (named after pieces of pottery on which the names of people to be exiled were written), paleo- (old), pandemonium (abode of all devils), panorama, paranoia (distracted), philosophy (friend of wisdom), phono- (voice), photo- (light), Pluto, poly- (many), programme (public written notice), psycho- (spirit), pygmy, pylon, python, rhinoceros (horned nose), rhythm, sarcasm (speak bitterly), scene (tent, stage), seismic, siphon (pipe), skeleton (dried up), sporadic (scattered seeds), stethoscope (see the chest), stigma (mark), strategy (military general), sycophant (show figs), symphony (same sound), synopsis (same view), syntax (same arrangement), tele- (far), theatre, theory (contemplation), therm- (heat), thesaurus, thesis, thorax, toxic (arrow), tragedy, treacle, tripod (three feet), tyrant, Uranus, -gram (letter), -graph (writing), -logy (study), -meter (measure), -nomy (laws), -phone (voice), -phobia (fear), -scope (see)

Guarani (Paraguay and Southern Brazil)

cougar, jaguar, Paraguay, Uruguay

Gujerati (North India)

tank (water well)

Guugu-Yimidhirr (Australia)

kangaroo

Haitian Creole (Haiti)

meringue

Hawaiian (Pacific)

hula, ukulele

Hebrew (Israel)

abacus, amen, bedlam, behemoth, cherub, cider, cinnamon, ebony, elephant, gauze, gopher, hallelujah, Israel, Jew, jockey, jot, jubilee, jug, kibbutz, kosher, leviathan, manna, maudlin, messiah (anointed), Nimrod, rabbi (teacher), Sabbath, sapphire, Satan, sodomy

Hindi (North India)

bandanna (dyed cloth), bangle, basmati, Blighty (foreign - soldiers' slang for the homeland), cheetah, chintz, chutney, coolie, cot, cummerbund (close waist), cushy (happiness), dungaree, goolies (balls / bullets), Himalaya (abode of the gods), jodhpurs (riding breeches named after their town of origin), juggernaut (Juganath is the name of an Indian god whose image gets carried around the town in a huge cart once a year), jungle, loot, mahout (elephant driver), punch (five - from the five ingredients used), pukka (ripe), pundit (learned), samosa, sari, shampoo (massage), thug, toddy

Hottentot (South West Africa)

gnu

Hungarian (Central Europe)

coach (named after its town of origin), goulash (herdsman's meat), Hussar, paprika, sabre

Ibo (Nigeria)

okra (ladies' fingers - a vegetable)

Icelandic (North Atlantic)

eider (a type of duck - its feathers are used for eiderdown), geyser (fountain), narwhal (a type of walrus), saga, Viking (frequenter of sea inlets)

Inuit (Siberia and Alaska - The Eskimo Language)

anorak, husky, igloo (house), kayak (boat)

Iroquois (North American Indian)

Canada (village / settlement), Kentucky (US state - meadow land), Ohio (US state - beautiful water)

Italian (Italy)

a cappella, allegro, aria, attack, balcony, ballot, bandit, bank (money lenders' table), bankrupt (broken money lenders' table - the table would be broken if the trader was unable to trade), broccoli, buffoon, canon (large tube), canteen, casino, colonel, concerto, confetti, corridor, crescendo, desk (table), ditto (said), dome, fascist, fresco, ghetto, gondola, graffiti, gusto, incognito, inferno, influenza, lava, libretto, lido (bathing place near Venice), macaroni, madrigal, maestro, Mafia, malaria (bad air), manager, mandolin, mezzanine (middle), monkey, Morocco (from Marrakesh), motto (saying), moustache, nepotism (from the word for nephew), opera (plural of opus - work), parasol (for the sun), partisan, piano (from pianoforte - soft loud), pizza, porcelain, portfolio, prima donna (first lady), propaganda, quartet, regatta (boat race), semolina, solo, sonata, soprano, staccato, stiletto (little dagger), stucco, studio, spaghetti (little strings), tarantula (named after area where found in Italy), tempo, torso (trunk), trio, umbrella (little shadow), vendetta, vermicelli (little worms), viola, virtuoso, volcano

Japanese (Japan)

geisha, hara-kiri (belly cutting), judo (gentle way), ju-jitsu, kamikaze, karate (empty hand), kendo (sword way), kimono, origami, ninja, rickshaw, sake (rice wine), samurai, satsuma (a type of orange), shogun (great general), soy, sushi, tatami, tsunami (harbour wave), tycoon (great lord)

Kongo (Congo and Angola)

banjo, bongo, canary, chimpanzee, gorilla, marimba, zebra, zombie

Korean (Korea)

tae kwon do (a martial art)

Latin (Extinct Language of Roman Empire)

advert, agenda, agitator, album, alias, alibi (elsewhere), animal, apex, April, aquarium, Aquarius (water bearer), arbiter, arena, Aries (ram), August (named after Augustus Caesar), autumn, axis, Britain, calendar (proclamation), Cancer (crab), Capricornus (horned goat), captor, cardinal, circus, creator, creditor, curator, curriculum, cursor, Cyprus (copper), data, discus, doctor, December (tenth month), educator, equinox (equal night), February (from a Roman winter festival), focus, forum, France (name of a tribe), fungus, Gemini (twins), genius, Germany (name of a tribe), Greece, habitat, igneous, ignoramus (we do not know), index, inertia, inferior, innuendo, interior, joke (word play), July (named after Julius Caesar), June, junior, Jupiter (from Zeu-Pater, Father Zeus), Leo (lion), liberator, Libra (balance), London, March (from Mars), Mars, matrix, maximum, May, medium, memorandum, Mercury, merit, minimum, miracle (wonder), momentum, monitor, moratorium (delay), motor, nebula (cloud), nectar, Neptune, nimbus (rain), November (ninth month), nubile (take a husband), nucleus, obese, occult (hidden), October (eighth month), omen, onus (burden), orbit, pantomime, parent, pastor, peninsula, picture, pirate, Pisces (fish), premium, prohibit, pronoun, quadrant, quarantine (forty days), quota, rabid (to be mad), radius, recipe (receive), referendum, refrigerate (cause to become cold), reign, relegate (send into exile), religion, republic, respect, rostrum, rota (wheel), rude (rough), saliva, Sagittarius (archer), salubrious (health), sandal, sartorial (patched), satellite (attendant), scale (ladder), Scorpio (scorpion), segment, senior, September (seventh month), series, silence, sinister (left), Spain (the Roman name of the region), species, spectator, spectrum, stadium, stet (let it stand - printing instruction to ignore deletions), stimulus, study, stupid, suburb (below the city), superior, table (plank), tacit (silent), tandem, tavern, terminus, torpedo (stiff), transport (carry across), triangle, trident (three teeth), ulterior, uniform, vacuum, valour (worth), vehicle, ventriloquist (belly speak), Venus, versus (towards), veto (I forbid), via, victim, victor, villa, violator, Virgo (virgin), virile (man)

Lithuanian (Baltic)

sable (a type of fur), silk

Malagasy (Madagascar)

aye-aye (a type of lemur), raffia (a type of palm)

Malay (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore)

agar, amok, bamboo, bantam, batik, cockatoo, compound (enclosure), gamelan, gecko, gingham, gong, junk (sailing vessel), launch (quick - a type of boat), mangosteen, orang-utan (man of the forest), paddy (rice growing area), pangolin (scaly ant-eater), rambutan, rattan, sago, sarong, satay

Malayalam (South India)

atoll, betel (a type of nut), copra (dried coconut), teak

Mandarin (Northern China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia)

cash, char (slang for tea), Japan (rising sun), kow-tow, kung fu (merit master), sampan, shanghai (on the sea), typhoon (big wind)

Maori (New Zealand)

haka (a war dance), kiwi (a type of bird), moa (a type of bird)

Marathi (Central India)

dhow (sailing vessel), chit (letter)

Maya (Yucatan and Guatemala)

cigar (smoke), shark

Miami (North American Indian)

Illinois (US state - warrior men)

Micmac (North American Indian)

toboggan

Minoan (Extinct Pre-Hellenic Mediterranean Language)

Taurus (bull - The same root as Minotaur)

Mohican (North American Indian)

Connecticut (US state - at the long tidal river)

Nahuatl (Mexico and Guatemala - The Aztec Language)

avocado, chocolate (choco is the name of the bean, atl is water), chilli, coyote, guacamole, Guatemala, Mexico (the Aztec war god), ocelot, shack, tomato

Navajo (North American Indian)

Utah (US state - upper land)

Nenets (Siberia)

parka (coat made of reindeer skin)

Nepali (Nepal and Himalayan India)

Gurkha (Nepalese regiment in British army - named after a Himalayan village), panda

Norman French (11th Century France and England)

adultery, assault, bacon, bailiff, beef, chivalry, comfort, court, courtesy, cricket, crime, curfew, custard, dungeon, eagle, elope, embezzle, error, exchequer, defeat, fashion, felony, fraud, goblin, gourd, grammar, grease, grief, grocer, gutter, haddock, havoc, hogmanay, honour, injury, jettison (throw overboard), joy, justice, larceny, lavender, launch (hurl), lease, leisure, lever, liable, libel, liberty, liquorice, mackerel, mangle, manor, marriage, matrimony, mayhem, mutton, noble, noun, nurse, occupy, odour, parliament, pedigree, perjury, pinch, platter, pleasure, pocket, pork, profound, purloin, purveyor, push, quarter, question, quiet, quiver (arrow case), rape (take by force), reason, rebuke, rebut, recover, remedy, renown, rent, repeal, reprieve (send back), reprisal, retail, reward, river, royal, rummage, salary (salt - soldiers used to be paid with salt), salmon, scullery (maker of dishes), search, sewer (channel to carry off overflow from a fishpond), share, shop (cobbler's stall), slander, soil, sovereign, spawn, stubble (grain stalks), subsidy (support), suitor, surname, surplus, surrender, survey, survive, syllable, tally (mark on a stick), toil, treason, uncle, usher (door keeper), valley, veal, veil, vicar (assistant), vice, view, venison, virgin, vulture, wafer, waive, warden, wicket (gate), wreck

Norse (Extinct Language of the Vikings)

anger, bag, berserk (warrior who fought with frenzied fury), birth, by-law (town law), call, cast, crawl, die, dirt, dregs, egg, get, gift, give, gosling, haggle, hit, husband (house owner), knife, lathe, law, loose, low, muck, mug, oaf (goblin), odd, raft, ransack, reindeer, root, ruck (pile), scarf, scrap, scrape, seem (honour), skill, skirt, skin, sky (cloud), slaughter, sleuth (trail), snub, stagger, steak (roast on a spit), take, they, their, thrift, troll, ugly, wand, want, weak, whirl, whisk, window (wind eye), wing

Norwegian (Norway)

cog, dollop (shapeless lump), fjord, iceberg, krill, lemming, nudge, quisling (named after a collaborator during World War II), rig, silt, ski, slalom, walrus

Ojibwa (North American Indian)

Mississippi (US state - great river), Ottawa (Canadian province - bulrushes), totem

Omaha (North American Indian)

Nebraska (US state - river in the flatness)

Papago (North American Indian)

Arizona (US state - place of the small spring)

Pictish (Extinct Pre-Celtic Language of Scotland)

Caledonia (Roman name for Scotland from name of a tribe), fife (small flute-like instrument)

Polish (Poland)

horde (camp), mazurka (a dance)

Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique)

albino (white), anchovy, Bossa Nova (Brazilian dance), breeze (light wind), cabin, caste, cobra (hood), Creole, dodo (fool - from the silly appearance of the bird), embarrass, emu, fetish, flamingo, Lambada (Brazilian dance), marmalade, massage (dough - because dough is kneaded), molasses, palaver, port (a drink named after its town of origin)

Potawatomi (North American Indian)

Chicago (City in US - skunk)

Provençial (Southern France)

amour, ballad, beret, boutique, cavalier, charade, cocoon, crusade, escargot, fig, lingo, limousine (named after its place of origin), minstrel, nougat, nutmeg, perfume, salad, sonnet, troubadour, truffle

Quechua (Peru - The Inca Language)

cocoa, condor, gaucho (poor person), guanaco, guano, Inca, jerky (dried), jumper, llama, maté (tea made from cocoa leaves), pampa, puma, quinine, totora, vicuna

Romansh (Switzerland)

avalanche (descend)

Romanian (Romania)

Dracula (the snake), halvah, pastrami

Romany (Europe - The Gypsy Language)

cosh, cove (man), pal (brother), gigolo

Russian (Russia and Central Asia)

balalaika, bistro (fast), cosmonaut, dacha (villa), intelligentsia, mammoth, pogrom, rouble, samovar (self boil), soviet (council), steppe, troika, tsar, vodka (little water)

Sabine (Extinct language of Pre-Roman Italy)

lacri- (tear), lingua (tongue)

Sámi (Lapland)

tundra

Sanskrit (Extinct Language of India)

Aryan (noble), ashram, Banyan (Indian tree associated with the story of the Buddha), beryl, bhaji (to fry), brilliant, candy (crystalised sugar), crimson, ginger, guru (teacher), hemp, indigo, lacquer, mandarin (counsellor), mantra, musk (scrotum - similar in shape to the deer's scent bag), nirvana, opal, orange, pepper, Punjab (Indian state; Pakistani province - five rivers), raja, Singapore (Asian City State - lion city) sugar, swastika (luck - the swastika was originally a Buddhist symbol for luck), yoga

Serbian (Balkans)

vampire

Shona (Zimbabwe)

mbira (musical instrument), Zimbabwe (name of ancient capital)

Shoshone (North American Indian)

Idaho (US state - light on the mountain)

Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)

beriberi, rogue (savage elephant living apart from the herd), tourmaline (a mineral)

Sioux (North American Indian)

Dakota (US state - friend), Kansas (US state - land of the south wind people), Minnesota (US state - sky blue waters), tepee (dwelling)

Sotho (South Africa and Lesotho)

milo (a type of maize)

Spanish (Spain and Latin America)

adobe, alligator (the lizard), America (named after a Spanish map maker), Argentina (little silver), armada, armadillo, balsa, bonanza, bribe, canyon, cargo (I carry), Colorado (US state - colour red), Costa Rica (rich coast), Ecuador (equator), embargo, Florida (US state - flowers), guerrilla, guitar, hacienda, junta, lagoon, lasso, launch, matador (killer), patio, Puerto Rico (rich port), renegade, rodeo, rusk, sarsaparilla, sherry (named after its place of origin), siesta, silo (corn pit), sombrero (shadow), stampede, tornado, Trinidad (trinity), tuna, vanilla, Venezuela (little Venice)

Swahili (East Africa)

bwana (master), dengue (a fever)

Swedish (Scandinavia)

dahlia, flounder, kink, lug (pull), mink, moped, orienteering, slag, smorgasbord, scuffle, spry, Tungsten (heavy stone), wicker

Swiss French (Switzerland)

chalet, cretin (deformed idiot of the valleys), glacier, moraine, serac (tower of ice)

Syriac (Extinct Language of Ancient Syria)

abbey, abbot, Arsenic (gold), damask, damson, mammon, muslin (named after its city of origin)

Tagalog (Northern Philippines)

boondocks (mountain - slang for a remote place)

Tahitian (Pacific)

tattoo

Taino (Caribbean)

cassava, guava, hammock, hurricane, manatee, potato, savannah

Tamil (South India)

anaconda (having killed an elephant), catamaran (bound wood), corundum, curry, mango, mulligatawny (pepper and water), pariah (outcast), poppadom

Telegu (South India)

mongoose

Temne (Sierra Leone, West Africa)

cola (a type of nut used to make a drink)

Thai (Thailand)

Siamese

Tibetan (Tibet, Nepal, India)

lama, sherpa, yak, yeti

Tongan (Pacific)

taboo

Tswana (Botswana)

tsetse (the fly responsible for sleeping sickness)

Tupi (Peruvian and Brazilian Indian)

buccaneer, cashew, cayenne, coati, manioc, maraca, petunia, piranha, tanager (a South American bird), tapioca, tapir

Turkish (Turkey, Cyprus, Central Asia)

baklava, caftan, caviar, kebab, Urdu (camp because it was the language of military camps), tulip, yoghurt

Ukrainian (Ukraine and The Black Sea)

balaclava (named after the town where first used), Cossack (Kazakh)

Urdu (Pakistan and North India)

balti (bucket - a type of cooking), Pakistan (land of the pure), purdah (curtain), Rajasthan (Indian state - land of kings)

Welsh (Wales)

Arthur, clutter, corgi, crowd, crumpet, cwm (valley), flannel, flimsy, javelin, maggot, Merlin, penguin (white head)

Wiradhuri (Australia)

billabong (waterhole), kookaburra (a type of bird)

Wolof (Senegal, West Africa)

banana, chigger (a type of insect), yam

Yiddish (Europe, Israel, North America)

bagel, chutzpah (great impudence), glitch, nosh (to nibble secretly), schmaltz, schmuck, scram

Zulu (South Africa)

impala (an antelope), mamba (a poisonous snake)

Zuni (Mexican Indian)

Apache (enemy)

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