>>...and also "or where the imported words have lost the connection to the original". In these two cases, the original is Italian, just like "Volkswagon - Volkswagen" is from German.
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>Oh, FYI (but you probably already know) the flower "dandelion" comes from the French "Dents de Lion" (or lion's teeth) probably cos it looks like a mouthful of yellow fangs. As dandelion is a diuretic, in my home town it's called a "pee-the-bed". However, the French also colloquially call it "pis-en-lit"

Didn't know that. I was always curious why would an innocent flower be called "dandy lion" :).