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Eric Partridge, a famous etymologist, said that the German word was related to the Latin words for pugilist, puncture, and prick. One folk etymology claims that it derives from “for unlawful carnal knowledge,” but this has been debunked by etymologists. The word became rarer in print in...
Easter, Origin of the Word Many European languages derive their word for Easter from Pascha, the ancient Greek term for the festival used by the early Christians. The word Pascha in turn came from Pesach, the Hebrew word for Passover. By contrast, English speakers call the festival "Easter,...
ghettogoes back to it and stands for “separation.” In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Jews believed that this is how the word came into being. But this connection seems to owe its existence to folk etymology, for a change from “a bill of...
account,chronicle,history,story- a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" folk etymology- a popular but erroneous etymology ...
Explore the definition, history and development of traditional folk music. Learn about influential artists of the genre and the various subgenres...
1(alsoorigins[plural])the place or situation in which something begins toexistorigin ofa new theory to explain the origins of the universein originMost coughs are viral in origin.The word is French in origin.The traditionhasitsorigins inthe Middle Ages.old folk talesof unknown origincountry/plac...
them.The five word poem,as a result,has retained the nature of folk songs,and represented the elegance of the poets in the Late Han as well.This practice has established a fine tradition of the history of poety and has exercised profound influence on the development of ancient Chinese poetry...
Today I found out the origin of the word “soccer”. For all you out there who love to complain when Americans, and certain others, call “Football”, “Soccer”, you should know that it was the British that invented the word and it was also one of the first names of what we ...
It isn't clear where exactly saunter comes from etymologically (the OED says "Of obscure origin"), but it was first used as early as the 1650s and the saint-terre folk etymology was present by 1699. When was saunter first used? The Oxford English Dictionary gives the ...