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- 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
- etymology - Is the alleged original meaning of the phrase blood is . . .
I recently read that the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" was originally derived from the phrase "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", implying
- history - Is the etymology of salary a myth? - English Language . . .
2 Other answers touch on the history of the word salary as it connects back to Latin I'll try to trace a different question - the development of the salarius = soldiers are paid salt folk etymology in English The etymology is already present in English in the early 19th century For instance, the first edition of Webster's Dictionary (1828) says:
- 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 - Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other . . .
In Spanish, it's also called piña The etymology of "pineapple" and a few other words is nicely illustrated at Europe etymology maps
- 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 - If you can be discombobulated, is it possible to be . . .
That etymology’s a little off: the prefix is from Old French des-, from Latin dis-, a prefix derived from Latin dis 'apart, asunder' The original Latin sense survives in such words as disbud and dismember, in which the prefix is basically 'remove'
- etymology - What is the origin of the phrase playing hooky? - English . . .
What does the word "hooky" mean in the phrase "play hooky" (skipping class truancy) and where did it come from?
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