A Quiz About Where Certain Words Came From
I have always found the topic of etymology very interesting. Of course, many of the words we use come from Greek or Latin. Some words come from countries all over the world. Other words are invented to describe something in the word of science or technology. Believe it or not, authors can make up words and use them in their books. This quiz will give you a list of words and you will need to pair each word with the author who coined it. The book it came from is added as a hint. Good luck.
1. Tweens a. Seuss, If I Ran the Zoo
2. Nightlife b. Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream
3. Swagger c. Louisa May Alcott, Jo’s Boys
4. Yahoo d. Charles Dickens, Bleak House
5. Boredom e. JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
6. Nerd f. Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
7. Freelance g. Melville, Pierre; or the Ambigiuties
8. Co-ed h. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels