QUIZZES
DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!
We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Idioms for hit
Origin of hit
First recorded before 1100; 1865–70, Americanismfor def. 5a; Middle English hitten,Old English hittan; perhaps from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hitta “to come upon (by chance), meet with”
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British Dictionary definitions for hit
hit
/ (hɪt) /
verb hits, hitting or hit (mainly tr)
noun
Word Origin for hit
Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta
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Idioms and Phrases with hit
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