Category: Etymology of the Day
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Etymology of the day: wilderness
#EtymologyOfTheDay: WILDERNESS goes back to the Old English for WILD DEER, originally any sort of WILD ANIMAL or BEAST. pic.twitter.com/ksMLGGJWP7 — John Kelly 🕳️🐇 (@mashedradish) July 20, 2017 m ∫ r ∫
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Etymology of the day: hot dog
#EtymologyOfTheDay: The DOG in HOT DOG began as a wry reference to 19c beliefs that sausages contained, yes, dog meat. #NationalHotDogDay pic.twitter.com/6T8sd6DnBD — John Kelly 🕳️🐇 (@mashedradish) July 19, 2017 A quick note Earlier this year, I was posting short “etymologies of the day” on the blog, a practice that I’ve continued on Twitter. I…
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Etymology of the Day: Thousand
In the previous post, we learned hundred literally means “count of 100.” How about the next multiple of ten up the scale, thousand?
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Etymology of the Day: Stroll
Stroll Stroll has referred to “leisurely walking” since at least 1680, but in the beginning of the 1600s, the word wasn’t quite so innocent and carefree.
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