#Etymology

Sarah Diligenti 📚✒

Sarah_in_USA

#ProustTogether On the etymology digressions 1/x.In 1922, Proust wrote to Martin-Chauffier:"Soyez rassuré pour les terribles étymologies que je devais vous demander. Je m'en suis tiré tout seul de mon mieux,

Garry Cox

GarryPCox

1/7So, was gonna wait till the solstice, but here we go, my READS OF THE YEAR (just to note, very few were published 2020)In order, my favourite:- Re-read- Books- Story/Short

Ajab

yakabikaj

Fun #etymology of the day: Yiddish באקאליינע bakaleyne "grocery store", ultimately from Arabic بقالة biqāla or بقال baqqāl. It was borrowed from Arabic into Persian as بقالی baqqālī, and from

Uwe Edelheit (no, that's not my real name)

dietweeterei

„Guten Rutsch“‚ literally ‘A Good Slide’, is a common wish for New Year in #German. Since the 1950s it has been traced back to the Jewish New Year feast “Rosh

Thomas Wier

thomas_wier

Weekly Georgian Etymology: კავკასია ḳavḳasia 'Caucasus', learnèd borrowing of Greek Καύκασος, from Scythian *kroukas- 'shining like ice'. Originally just the Darial Pass, it may come from Georgia

NotTheMacAnon

NotTheMacAnon1

Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating. a clear intellect; a clear head A D I S C R I M I N A T I O N I

Samantha Shannon

say_shannon

The other day, my friend offered me some framboise (raspberry liqueur) with some celebratory champagne. Slightly drunk, I reminded her I don't speak French. Her reply:‘I know you're so passionate

James Pickett

pickettzoda

an'ana / анъана / ئەنئەنە, the word for 'tradition' in modern Uzbek, Tajik, and Uyghur, has an interesting etymology connecting it to very early Islamic history. This word initially puzzled

Claire

ClaireRedacted

This is going to be difficult to explain in English, but I still have a hard time with the word shloch as it haunted me as a kid. It’s a

Bodleian Libraries

bodleianlibs

Q4 of today's etymology quiz.The name of which trade may be traced back to a Roman instrument of torture? (BTW Answers are being posted under each original tweet after a

vakibs

vakibs

In traditional Sanskrit scholarship, the works on grammar are a must for understanding word formation and meaning. So essentially, grammar replaces dictionary! In parallel, there will be descriptive word repositories

RapperPandit ↗️ ഇന്ത്യ4കശ്മീർ

RapperPandit

What does Word 'GOD' Mean?Surprisingly, this 'Most Used Word' has No Etymology (Origins)But Can it have something to do with HINDUISM?Be Ready for Surprise! , But Read Till END(#Thread Begins)

Karinneᴸᴴ²⁸

sweethabit33

Antis/people who believe who believe Louis Tomlinson is straight PLEASE open and read this thread /gen /srs (It’s safe) It’s pretty well known that Louis wears Polari brand clothing, which

Core Awakened ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Charitable_Fury

EPIC Showdown! — Those, “in the consciente”, understand EXACTLY what I’m saying!...Jupiter and Saturn will come within 0.1 degrees of each other, forming the first visible "double planet" in 800

Vision Bored🎄

VisionBored1

If I wrote what I know then I’d talk about Shakespeare. I’d tell you about Hamlet and why you should care about him and why he’s more like you than

Erin Ekins (she/her)

QueerlyAutistic

The word 'bisexual' comes from a place and time (in white western culture anyway) when only two genders were recognised and the word reflects that, however, the community has absolutely

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