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Etymologies

Which languages are the following words derived from?
Many words are derived from more than one language (eg. from Latin via French). I have tried to limit the choices so that only one option is correct for each word. In most cases we are looking for the direct etymology.
Etymologies according to collinsdictionary.com
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Last updated: February 16, 2023
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1. Cipher
Greek ✓
Arabic ✓
German ✓
Esperanto ✓
From the Arabic صفر (sifr), 'zero', via mediaeval Latin and French
2. Shampoo
Hindi ✓
Dutch ✓
Russian ✓
Javanese ✓
From a Hindi word meaning 'knead' (when applied to muscles)
3. Yacht
Turkish ✓
Greek ✓
Serbo-Croat ✓
Dutch ✓
From the Dutch jagen, 'chase' or 'hunt'
4. Ketchup
Chinese ✓
Japanese ✓
Bengali ✓
Brummie ✓
From kōe 'seafood' + tsiap 'sauce', kōetsiap, 'brine of pickled fish'. Someone really needs to write to Mr. Heinz.
5. Bimbo
Portuguese ✓
Spanish ✓
Italian ✓
Rhaeto-Romansch ✓
The Italian for 'baby' - weirdly in the masculine form.
6. Galore
Breton ✓
Welsh ✓
Gaelic ✓
French ✓
From Gaelic, Scottish gu leòr, Irish go leór, 'enough'
7. Commando
Greek ✓
Italian ✓
Spanish ✓
Afrikaans ✓
Ultimately derived from the Latin for (surprise surprise) 'command'
8. Corgi
Welsh ✓
Italian ✓
Arabic ✓
Chinese ✓
From cor, 'dwarf' + gi, 'dog'
9. Penguin
Maori ✓
Khoekhoe (Khoisan) ✓
Caiwá ✓
Welsh ✓
Yes it's Welsh again! Well, probably. From pen, 'head', and gwyn, 'white'. The name was originally applied to the now-extinct Great Auk
10. Champagne
Klingon ✓
Urdu ✓
High Atlas Berber ✓
French ✓
Well duh.
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