I love it when I come across another with a passion for words! I was having a conversation with someone, many years ago now, about how some words just dance around your head or how lovely some foreign words sound. "Zanahoria" (pronounced Thanahoria) was one of the few Spanish words that stuck with me because of how lovely it sounded to me. Its translation is "carrot!" Another is "pizarra" (pronounced pitharra).
I love the origins of words too. So many words in the English language are from other languages.