Etymology of "portmanteau" (lemmy.world)
Portmanteaus are word mash-ups that carry both meanings of their word pairs....
TIL - "Mage" derives from Magush, the old persian name for Zoroastrian priests, which means "Fire worshipper" (en.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/2046077...
Etymology of "pool"
Did you know pool, as in billiards, pooling money/stakes/resources, car pool, gene pool, etc. are all etymologically related to French poule, as in chicken and poultry? 🐓🐓🐓...
Etymology of "ferret" (lemmy.world)
It turns out the true etymology of ferret is a bit elusive. It’s thought to be derived from Latin ferre “to bear” (ex: fertile “able to bear”), related to Greek phor “to bear.” Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bher “to bear, carry” (see Greek words like euphoria “to bear wellness,” metaphor “to bear...
Drive
I wondered about this one the other day when i explained to someone what a Drover is....
Interesting roots for patience and patient (lemmy.world)
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A book recommendation for etymology enjoyers (bookwyrm.social)
Babel is a historical fantasy fiction story written by the etymology researcher R.F. Kuang. It has a really cool magic system where inscribing translations onto silver bars creates effects in the world. It’s full of a lot of cool etymology research, and I recommend it to anyone here!
Surprise has an er... surprisingly militaristic etymology (lemmy.world)
Etymology of "nostalgia" (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2699519...
Etymology of "companion"
Companion is one who accompanies or associates with another....
While on the topic of book recommendations: Embassytown is a wonderful exploration of Sapir-Whorf with a lot of fun words I had to look up (bookwyrm.social)
Two examples!...
