draps — BED SHEETS

[drr-AH] (n. m.) Now, you've got your first apartment, err—let's not get ahead of ourselves—your first rented room in a college boy flat frat. So let's cover the basic needs: a mattress, a book shelf, a desk, halogen floor lamp and two sets of sheets. Why two? Well, one for the bed and one to hang as curtains, of course. The age-old slacker-boy practice of eschewing proper drapery for sheets pinned up with tacks probably comes their knowledge of the French language (I mean, right?). The meaning of French word draps evolved from simply cloth to the modern bed sheets. Furthermore, if you want to say drapery in French you say draperie. Now, go buy some.

dent — TOOTH

[don(t)] (n. f.) All your life, the dentist's been telling you what? To brush your teeth after every meal and use dental floss each night. But there's a stubborn kid inside you and now you've reached retirement age and they want to give you dentures to celebrate. All those dent-words have to come from somewhere and, that's right, dent is the French word for tooth. Now go take care of them.