In this crazy world, it may be of comfort to know which words that look and/or sound the same do so because they are related, and which do so because chaos reigns but coincidence arises. So here you go. Kind (type) and kind (nice): related! You can think of both going back to “family”…so, type … More Wor d’oeuvres: Homo Nymous
This week’s small news in words is here! 1. “Caper” the piccata ingredient and “caper” the film genre aren’t related. 2. “Sin” comes from the Proto-Indo-European for “to be.” That’s intense! 3. “Relish” in the sense of a “condiment which imparts flavor” started as Latin for “loosening/stretching” and then French for “leaving behind” and then … More Ever more wor d’oeuvres
Here’s the latest: 1. “Flan” and “flange” share no common root as far as I can tell, despite their common little flare outward. 2. Celery and accelerate share no common root*. Celery comes from French, and before that Italian, and before that late Latin, and before that Greek for parsley, and until it got to … More Even more wor d’oeuvres
Hi! Here’s the latest: 1. “Gossip” comes from two words you’d recognize: “God” and “sibb” (relative, as in “sibling”)–so, basically the godparent of your kid, meaning someone you are super close to and to whom you would presumably talk alllllll the shit. And thence the verb. 2. Honduras means “depths.” 3. “Tentacle” and “tentative” have … More Some more wor d’oeuvres
Hey folks: listen, I look up etymologies basically daily. And I’m always like couuuuld this be a whole post and doooooo I have that in me? And the answer is usually “god I don’t know but now I feel bad that I haven’t written one and probably won’t.” And then everyone loses! So guess what, … More Wor d’oeuvres
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