Question

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?

France Scandinavia

(choices) ugly petite cuisine craze touche blunder

Answer 1

French Words

Petite: late 18th century: French, feminine of petit ‘small’.

Touche: 1902, from French touché, past participle of toucher "to hit".

Cuisine: 1786, from French cuisine "style of cooking".

Scandinavian Words

Ugly: "frightful or horrible in appearance," from a Scandinavian source.

Craze: "to shatter, crush, break to pieces, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse *krasa"shatter".

Blunder: "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra.

Answer 2

From the words you gave

"petite, cuisine, touche" - France
"ugly, craze, blunder" - Scandinavian