#etymologies

[thewritersspotblog]

Word to the Wise: Arabic Origins

Words for World Arabic Language Day The third most widespread languages after English and French and spoken by more than 400 million people worldwide, the Arabic language and the literature it has produced have had an impact well beyond its origins in the Arabian Peninsula. When most people think of Arabic, they are probably thinking of Modern Standard Arabic though there are 32 different…

Word to the Wise: Arabic Origins

[366kmph]

re: grid name etymologies its funny bc when i started it i was doing the 2024 grid but specifically aleix was giving me so much trouble that i kept putting off posting it because i wasnt suree about his names. and now its late enough that it just made more sense to do it with the 2025 grid instead and therefore with no aleix anyway. lol

[musicmakesyousmart]

Gray Friar - Etymologies

Realm and Ritual

2022

[ivandurak]

anthology Greek: “collection of flowers.”

Edward Hirsch. A Poet's Glossary.

[rvexillology]

If US state flags were based off states' etymologies

from /r/vexillology Top comment: Inshallah we shall reclaim Khalifornia

[aubergineanathema]

Isidore on ghosts

Larvas ex hominibus factos daemones aiunt, qui meriti mali fuerint. Quarum natura esse dicitur terrere parvulos et in angulis garrire tenebrosis. |

“They say ghosts [are] demons made out of humans, who might have been of evil merit. Of which it is said to be natural to terrify young ones and to chatter in dark corners.”

[wtf-fun-factss]

Pope John Paul II nominated Saint Isidore of Seville, a Bishop and Scholar, as the patron saint of the internet because he tried to record everything that was known in his 20 book opus Etymologies/Origins. – WTF Fun Facts Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8334250/Profile-Saint-Isidore-the-Patron-Saint-of-the-Internet.html