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In AD 787, the Scandinavians invaded England, followed by the Norman French in 1066. As the Anglo-Saxon language mingled with the Scandinavian language and French, many words that we still use today were born. Where did each of the words shown originate?

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cuisine has roots in latin (conquere - to cook) ugly has roots in old norse (ugga - to dread) touche has roots in french (originally 'touchér) petite has and always has originated from french and it did not evolve craze - swedish originally krassa - to crunch blunder - Scandinavian origin and related to blind.
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Answer:

The word from the Scandinavian origin are blunder ugly craze and from French origin Petite touché cuisine

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The question is not complete since it does not provide the options to answer. Here are the options: Petite blunder ugly craze touché cuisine

The words from this two different origins continue being part of the common English language vocabulary in their original version and the English version for some, for example, Petite (french) means small (English), touché could be similar to toucher, cuisine that in English means kitchen, while the Scandinavian worlds are mainly the same.

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