Why is the ‘a’ in a circle? Describing how we get from the Latin word “ad” to the “at” symbol, Michael Quinion explained on his websiteWorld Wide Words,that when the symbol was written by hand (I believe by scribes in the Middle Ages) “the upstroke of the ‘d’ curved ove...
annihilate (v.) "reduce to nothing," 1520s, from Medieval Latin annihilatus, past participle of annihilare "reduce to nothing," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-)
Ampeater Music is a website devoted to bridging the gap between unsigned (or just plain underexposed) artists and music lovers everywhere. Every day we feature a different artist on what we call The Ampeater Review. Each fea
Life on the Sidewalk...(No, I'm not lost. To be lost you have to know where you're supposed to be in the first place.)