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I'll bite. I get really mad when people do this.

  people - old french / latin
  feeble - old french
  mind - old english, but roots in germanic
  synonym - greek / latin
  expede - I think this doesn't mean what you think it means, but latin.
  horrible - old french
The list goes on. http://etymonline.com/index.php


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