fickle
FIK-uhl 
<English
changeable; capricious; inconstant
purchase
PUHR-chuhs 
<English<French<Latin
to buy
cellulose
SEL-yuh-lohs 
<French<Latin
the chief substance in the cell wall of plants
influenza
in-floo-EN-zuh 
<Italian<Latin
an acute, contagious viral disease; the flu
umlaut
UM-lawt 
<German
a mark placed over a vowel to show the "aw" sound
regatta
ruh-GAW-tuh 
<Italian
a boat race; a series of boat races
saboteur
sab-uh-TUHR 
<French
a secret agent or member of an underground group that destroys property useful to an enemy
disquisition
dis-kwuh-ZISH-uhn 
<Latin
a formal discussion; a treatise; a discourse
chalupa
chuh-LOO-puhl 
<Spanish
a fired corn tortilla shaped like a boat and filled with a savory mixture of meat, vegetables or cheese
apparatchik
aw-puh-RAWT-chik 
<Russian
a blindly devoted officer or follower