In this post, we will analyze the etymological roots of words used to define materials and secretions derived from non-human animals. Specifically, we will trace …
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Flowers
In this section, we will explore the fascinating etymologies of flowers, the reproductive structures found in certain plants known as angiosperms. Flowers are typically composed …
Birds
Chicken Cuckoo This bird doesn’t have a name, what it has is a sound. Its name is its call. This is an example of onomatopoeia: …
Geometry
Point On this map we can distinguish four etymological roots: First, there are languages with a Latin-based word. English, for instance, “point” originates from the …
Cities
Vienna, the capital of Austria, has a rich history that is reflected in its name across various languages. In German, the city is called “Wien,” …
Clothing
Words can travel through space, east-west, from ancient times to modern, from language to language. One of those tripping words in velvet. Before reaching Great …
Cooking
Soup Soups have been part of our diet since the Prehistoric times. However, the word we use nowadays is quite modern. The Latin term suppa, …
Natives
The number of natives speakers by language sorted by colors. Green represents the languages spoken by over 50 million people.
Two birds, one stone
The idiom “to kill two birds with one stone” means accomplishing two things with a single action or with a lesser effort than normally we …
Werru
Green marks the languages where the word tank (or similar) is used. The word originated from Portugues “tanque”. The word was taken from some language …