Tag: word origins
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Digging up the etymological past of “history”
The history of word “history” is also the “story” of “history.” Dig in with the etymology of the name for this school subject and discipline.
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Where does the word “aura” come from?
The word aura, recently spreading in internet slang for a kind of breezy confidence, has literal “breezy” origins of its own.
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Between the etymological cushions of “couch”
The origin of the word “couch” shows how the forms of words get moved around like furniture.
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Unpacking the origin of “brat”
Is the origin of “brat” a ‘rags’ to riches story? Plus, some unrelated etymological sausage.
Mashed Radish 