Etymology Fun!

2. A spiced sauce or dish, likely from the Tamil word “kari” meaning “sauce” or “relish for rice”
6. Derived from Italian “balletto,” meaning “dance”
9. A German dish of chopped pickled cabbage, combining “sour” and “vegetable”
11. French for “farewell”
14. Latin for “unknown” or “disguised”
15. Borrowed from French, meaning “small”
16. From French “cuisiner,” meaning “to cook”
17. Comes from Turkish “yoğurt,” meaning “thick, coagulated”
18. From Spanish “rodear,” meaning “to surround”
20. From Italian “mezzanino,” meaning “middle”

1. Excessive sentimentality, especially in music or films, derived from Yiddish and German words for “melted fat”
3. A type of sausage made from liver, with origins in German and Old French
4. From Latin “platea,” meaning “broad street”
5. Originates from Chinese “chá” or “té,” spread through trade routes
7. From Italian “tempo,” meaning “time” or “speed”
8. From Latin “salmo,” referring to the fish’s leaping motion
10. From Spanish “siesta,” meaning “midday nap”
12. From the Japanese “tofu,” which combines “to” (soybeans) and “fu” (coagulated)
13. Borrowed from Spanish, originally meaning “watchman”
14. Combining Latin “in” (not) and “communicare” (to communicate)
19. An Israeli collective settlement, originating from the Hebrew word for “gathering”