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- etymology - Were the words woman and female produced after the . . .
Whilst this is half correct in regards to the word 'woman' coming about after the word 'man', it is slightly incorrect about the etymology of the terms The term 'woman' does come from the Old English 'wifman', as 'man' was used to refer to humans of all genders; men were referred to as 'wermen' - hence the term 'werewolf' (man wolf)
- What are some good sites for researching etymology? [closed]
Here is an example of a directed graph: It works in multiple languages, providing etymology data, descendants, related words and more It also has a pretty quick search, and the index is constantly growing in the number of words and slowly growing in accuracy too
- What is the etymology of flabbergasted? - English Language Usage . . .
Online Etymology dictionary suggests it's "likely an arbitrary formation from flabby or flapper and aghast" I'm wondering if anyone has any more insight
- etymology - How did sinister, the Latin word for left-handed, get . . .
Sinister is the Latin word for left-handed What evolution of meaning turned left-handed into evil and threatening?
- etymology - Where did the phrase batsh*t crazy come from? - English . . .
The word crazy is a later addition Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now Here's a relatively early one from 1967 where the meaning is crazy A decade later most references have this meaning, but the
- etymology - What gave terrific a positive connotation? - English . . .
Possible Duplicate: How and why have some words changed to a complete opposite? I have noticed that: horrible means bad terrible means bad horrific means bad So why does terrific mean good?
- etymology - Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a . . .
The meaning is clear, but where did this phrase originate? Was it always such a gruesome reference?
- etymology - Where did the word “quim” come from? - English Language . . .
Both the OED and Etymonline offer no clue as to origin of the slang term quim, meaning minge The OED’s earliest citations are from the 18th, which isn’t quite as old as Adam, but has certainly been
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