Tag: French
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bodies of water (II of II)
In Part I, we discovered armpits and bosoms in our bodies…of water. In Part II, we discover enemies, mucous, rifles, and sponges in marsh, river, sea, stream, and swamp. Fast Mash Marsh comes from Old English mersc/merisc, related to root that gave Latin mare and English mere River enters into English around 1300 from French, riviere, from Latin riparia or ripa (riverbank) Sea is…
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bodies of water (part I of II)
Last post, ocean took us into its cosmological waters. In this two-part post, we cast our etymological line out in some other bodies of water—and reel in armpits, bosoms, crayfish soup, rheumatism, rifles, sponges, and vaults, among other sundries. Sorry, no boots or tires. Hey, we keep our lakes clean up here in the Twin Cities. Fast…
Mashed Radish 