Etymology
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baikingu
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won’t
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won’t
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Base 12 Counting in English
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Hank Green
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fortnight
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‘five’ in Indo-European
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Cartoon
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Hamburger 🍔
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1,000
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Arctic & Antarctic
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naptime
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ten
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linguine
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Baker's dozen
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sandwich
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Base 20 counting in French
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Sky Daddy
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The history of articles
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cohort
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How to Start a Podcast - Beginner Podcasting Tutorial
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you guys: The history of the second person plural pronoun
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s(')more: A valid Wordle word?
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sunshower: The devil is beating his wife
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The first appearance of "sex"
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Milky galaxies, lettuce, and lattes: The surprising history of the word "milk"! (h/t @hankschannel)
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sex before sex: What word did we use for 'sex' before "sex" was a word?
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denim: A word history
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Bluetooth: What do runes and wireless technology have in common?
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The figurative use of literally
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gaslighting: A history of self-doubt
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The renaissance of "salmon": A linguistic history
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The history of the phrase "raining cats and dogs"
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The origin of the word "punk"
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silent letters
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The surprising history of 11 and 12
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The name of Julius Caesar: Origins & Outcomes
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Have some meekness about language change
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What did "yes" & "no" originally mean?
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condom: An etymological mystery
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The linguistic origins of the metaverse
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Pumpkin Spice Linguistics: Language change and Indigenous history
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-kin: The little suffix you already know
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Metathesis in Greek
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Why the dictionaries are wrong about “pumpkin”
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uncia
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Metathesis in Spanish
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Spicy Etymology
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Evolution of the Indo-European Languages - Ancient Civilizations DOCUMENTARY
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Mother's Day: Why is the word for 'mother' similar across languages?
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"an egger": phonological resegmentation
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yeet: The *real* history
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myriad
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pelican: A wanderword etymology
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Etruscans, masks, and person
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Latin amāre 'to love': Etymological reflexes
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Why does English have silent letters? unetymological letters in English
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"Put one's best foot forward": The origin of the phrase
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The etymology of 'pride' 🏳️🌈
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The etymology of "June": The lithe month
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July (etymology)
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decimate + manuscript: Or, etymologies are not definitions
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Ops: A shitty 💩 etymology for the Roman goddess of abundance
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sepia & cuttlefish: A surprising etymology
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peninsula
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insulate
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Juno Moneta
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Where does the word "alphabet" come from?
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sentence
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moonth #linguistics #language #etymology
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"op-" in Sanskrit #Sanskrit #linguistics #language #etymology
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reckon #counting #etymology #reckon #linguistics #language #Latin #English
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larva & pupa #etymology #entymology #language #linguistics #Latin #insects #bugs
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Sophia #wisdom #linguistics #language #etymology #philosophy
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How Silvia, Silas, Sylvester, and Pennsylvania are related #linguistics #language #etymology
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Travel is torture #linguistics #etymology #language #Latin #travel
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mile #measurement #etymology #linguistics #language
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Words from Hell [book preview]
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☠️🔥 bonefire #etymology #linguistics #language #Fall #Halloween #bonfire
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penguin: The Welsh Bird #penguin #penguins #Welsh #etymology #linguistics #language #English
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🐮🟰🤑 #cows #cattle #wealth #capital #Latin #English #linguistics #language #etymology
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🛒 grocery cart #linguistics #english #history #language #etymology
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How lapis lazuli led to a word for ‘blue’
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Why is it called a "turkey" if it's not from Turkey?
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shrinkage
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Words you didn’t know are related: gold, yellow, cholera, arsenic, yolk, and more!
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Why is English so inconsistent? Hamburgers, French Fries, Geese and Meese
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Where does the name "Appalachia" come from?
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Etymological prudence—or providence?
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fruition
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bratty etymology
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helico-pter
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