Words help for homework?

Question

Could anyone please tell me where these words originate from and put them in a sentance to be easier to understand...

Risotto

Flamingo

Haiku

Knife

Knives

Pizzicato

Answer 1

Risotto (Italian)  The Italians make a delicious rice dish called risotto.

Flamingo (Spanish). A flamingo is a large pink bird.

Haiku (Japanese) A Haiku is a poem with three lines.

Knife (Old English) A knife is an item of cutlery used for cutting.

Knives (Old English) The plural of knife is knives.

Pizzicato (Italian) When a musician plucks the strings of his instrument, we call this playing pizzicato.

Hope this is what you wanted

Answer 2

I suggest you get hold of a really good dictionary, the sort that gives you the origins of words as well as the explanation.

Then, just write one simple sentence for each word to show that you understand this.

Answer 3

If you go to http://www.wiktionary.org then they normally give examples of how to use the word in a sentence.

Answer 4

I'm sorry.....Err, what?