UNCOMPLIMENTARY and SUBCONTINENTAL contain all five vowels in reverse order

GYMNASTICS comes for the Greek word 'gumnazein' meaning 'to exercise naked'!

We know it as LIBYA, but Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma is the longest country name in the world

The meaning of the word KNIGHT has elevated from its humble origins of 'knecht' meaning farmboy or slave

The Latin 'bis' (twice) and French 'cuit' (baked) made BISCUITS because they were originally twice baked

ALLIGATOR comes from the Spanish el Lagarto, meaning a lizard

In civil cases, the letter V in a court case doesn't stand for VERSUS. Instead it means 'and'

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a TITTLE

The first ADDICTS were slaves given to Roman soldiers for victory in battle

FORTNIGHT, meaning 14 nights, never caught on in the US, but remains popular elsewhere, though 'sennight' for seven nights bit the dust some time in the 19th century