How #Greek Shaped #Coptic, Egypt’s Final Ancient Language
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#language #history #etymology #langsky

Long before you paid one, this word grazed in a field.

fee · Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Old English → Middle English → English

#etymology #wordoftheday

Wordle 1,934 4/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1773, named after a Red Sea port.

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Modern People Frequently Discover Beautiful Etymologies That Are Philosophically Convincing but Linguistically False.
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Think all the ancient gods left behind are Greek or Roman? Think again.

Celtic deities are still whispering to us from city maps, Halloween, and everyday words.

Let's hunt for some linguistic ghosts together! 🌿

#LanguageLearning #Etymology

Catastrophe: The extension to "sudden disaster" is attested from 1748.

www.etymonline.com/word/catastr... #etymology

This week's dusty gem from the Wordfoolery archive is a post from June 2017 all about making money and the art of vitriolic writing. Enjoy! wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/q... #etymology #insults

The word for a castle's darkest cell once meant the exact opposite: its tallest, proudest tower.

dungeon · Latin → Old French → Anglo-Norman → Old English → Middle English → English

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What do Patroclus and Cleopatra have in common?

#SongOfAchilles #Iliad #Patroclus #Cleopatra #etymology

Annie's Origin of Words and Phrases
“Go the Extra Mile”
#etymology, #wordorigins, #linguistics, #languagehistory, #wordnerd

cipher

14th century. From Middle English cifre, from Old French cyfre, cyffre (French chiffre), ultimately from Arabic (ṣifr, “zero, empty”)

It’s weird that I didn’t make the connection, likely due to the pronounciation of that “i” in there 🤔

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cipher

A finance minister's brief, thrifty term in office left its mark as the shape we use for outlines filled in black.

silhouette · Proto-Basque → Basque → French → English

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Erm … 🤔

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https://dainca.org/2016/05/06/the-etymology-of-felony/

Check out the etymology for ORIGINAL ARTWORK COLLECTION on Project: Cartouche!

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#YuGiOh #Etymology #ProjectCartouche

enshittification

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What Do the Names of African Countries Mean?
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#etymology #Africa #langsky

OUP blog:
Gloves, gauntlets, and gaunt people
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#language #etymology #history #langsky

The word for sudden, groundless fear comes from a god who liked to startle people in lonely places.

panic · Ancient Greek → Middle French → English

#etymology #wordoftheday

Wordle 1,931 4/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 From Medieval Latin, via Anglo French.

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