Did you know that the word ‘vaccine’ originally came from the Latin word vacca, or more common to us, the French word vache, meaning cow?
Did you know that the word ‘-aise’ means “native to” or “originating in ?
Did you know that it is likely that tennis was first played in France?
Did you know that the English word ‘cherry’ is believed to come from the old French word ‘cherise’
Did you know how the word ‘mascot originated?
The word ‘ambulance’ hasn’t always referred to a vehicle.
The word ‘terrorist’ actually sprung up around 1795 during the French Revolution.
Are you assiduous?
Did you know that the word ‘saunter’ may originate from the French ‘à la sainte terre’ ?
We all know a chauvinist pig or two don’t we ladies – a gentleman who has a ‘prejudiced belief in the superiority of his own gender’?
