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Wordorigins.org<p>Luddite</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/luddite" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/luddite</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>If you were seeking an infodump on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> of the term <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/redneck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redneck</span></a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/jiJy8ah58_M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/jiJy8ah58_M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
J. Croisant 🌼<p>TIL that the "fer" in "inferno" is totally unrelated to "fire". Inferno is from the root meaning below, as with inferior and infrastructure. The inferno is the "lower place" i.e. the underworld or hell, hence the association with fire.</p><p>It's also totally unrelated to "infer" (carry in), which comes from the root meaning to carry or to bear, as with transfer (carry across), suffer (carry under, as with a burden), aquifer (water carrier), conifer (cone carrier), and Lucifer (light carrier). Plus a bunch of words that are spelled with "pher" or "phor", like peripheral (carried around), semaphore (signal carrier), and metaphor (a "carrying over" of meaning). And a bunch of words spelled with "ber" or similar, including burden, birth, bring, wheelbarrow, and bear — the verb, but not the animal, which comes from the root for "brown". <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a></p>
Mark Dominus<p>Unexpected <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> of the day: "epaulet" is ultimately akin to "spatula"</p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Happy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MayDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayDay</span></a>! Solidarity to those on strike and thank you to the unions fighting for workers’ rights. Here are some labour-related etymologies to celebrate: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2o__MMn88" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9f2o__MMn8</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LabourDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourDay</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LaborDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborDay</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a></p>
Author-ized L.J.<p>Etymological aside: I wonder how many people assume, like I did, that "trailblaze" means burning a path where there was none, when it actually means putting marks on trees or a path for others to follow? <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/trailblazer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">etymonline.com/word/trailblaze</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a> Trailblazing in its original meaning is not a destructive or disruptive process, but a communal and communicative one for those who went before to signal a way for others to follow, if they wish. <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>Dog: Canis may be familiaris, but its name is something of a mystery.</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wordorigins.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a></p>
BobDevney<p>Like words? Then you might want to subscribe to the Wordsmith.com mailings of A.Word.A.Day for a diverting daily dose.</p><p>Today's word: lustration</p><p>Originally a ritual purification or cleaning, "to make bright." </p><p>But: "After the fall of totalitarian regimes (e.g., post-Communist Eastern Europe), it came to mean the act of cleansing the government of people tied to past abuses."</p><p>We can only hope the term might come in handy someday soon ...</p><p><a href="https://wordsmith.org/words/today.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wordsmith.org/words/today.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>It’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/DenimDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DenimDay</span></a>! Did you know that “denim” is named after a place? Learn about this and other fabric eponyms in our video on “costume”. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgoxKvgAr0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=SzgoxKvgAr</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fashion</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Costume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Costume</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>It’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ZipperDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZipperDay</span></a>! A simple-seeming invention that’s had a big effect on clothing and fashion, as we talked about in our video on Costume. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgoxKvgAr0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=SzgoxKvgAr</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fashion</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Costume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Costume</span></a></p>
Abie<p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> The Greek ἀσφόδελος is the root of the English word "daffodil" via "affodil". <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/wordoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordoftheday</span></a><br><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=daffodil" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">etymonline.com/search?q=daffod</span><span class="invisible">il</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>grotesque</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/grotesque" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/grotesque</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
bookandswordblog<p>Sack is to words like the ginko tree is to plants and the coelacanth is to fish, a word that has been used for 4000 years with the same sound and meaning <a href="https://www.bookandsword.com/2019/09/13/semitic-words-in-greek/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bookandsword.com/2019/09/13/se</span><span class="invisible">mitic-words-in-greek/</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/philology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philology</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻<p>Wait, I just realized... A medium or media mediates communication. It's the thing in the middle. Doh. 🙄</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>Conclave: a bonus post for this Friday</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/conclave" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/conclave</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Now that the teaching is done, the grading submitted, and most of my meetings are finished, I can finally deal with my scripturient proclivities. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/obsoletewords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsoletewords</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>chauvinism</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/chauvinism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/chauvinism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Happy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EnglishLanguageDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguageDay</span></a>! For a look back at the origins of this language, here’s our video on looking for the Earliest English Word: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QxjzaL1Wc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=F5QxjzaL1W</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoryOfEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfEnglish</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>callow</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/callow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/callow</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Matt Clifton<p>I had always wondered why there were streets in my county in Central Texas named Bois d'arc, and never knew where the name originated. I'm now learning that Bois d'arc is apparently the French name for the trees that grow what I know to be called "horse apples". Apparently the trees are actually called Osage orange trees, or the hedge apple tree (maclura pomifera). </p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trees</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a></p>