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Word Provenance(Weird origins of simple words)
- Vaastav Anand
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Source : Wikipedia
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1. Wikipedia
● wiki wiki - very quick (Hawaiian)● pedia - learning (Latin)● Wikipedia - very quick learning
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The Tech Life
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2. Computer
● Someone who computes
● Adapted in 1940s to refer to a machine
which computes
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3. Bug
● Physical bug found in machine
● Hence we now debug our code
● Found by Grace Hopper!
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4. Phone
● From Telephone
● From French téléphone● from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) +
φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”)
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The Daily Life
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5. Avocado
● from the Spanish aguacate● from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl -
sometimes also meant testicle
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6. Toast
● From Old French toster - roast
● From Latin torrere - parch
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7. Sausage
● From late Middle English sausige● From Anglo-Norman saussiche● From late Latin salsīcius - seasoned with
salt
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8. Tomato
● From Spanish tomate● From Nahuatl tomatl - Swelling Fruit/Fat
Water/Fat Thing
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9. Beer
● From Old English beor● From Latin bibere - to drink
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10. Toilet
● From French toilette - wrapping cloth
● Started to mean cloth that goes on the
dresser
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The Days of the Week
Day Jour Source in Romance Langs
Source in Germanic Langs & English
11. Monday Lundi Day of the Moon Day of the Moon
12. Tuesday Mardi Day of Mars Day of Tyr
13. Wednesday Mercredi Day of Mercury Day of Odin/Woden
14. Thursday Jeudi Day of Jupiter Day of Thor
15. Friday Vendredi Day of Venus Day of Freya
16. Saturday Samedi Sabbath Day Day of Saturn
17. Sunday Dimanche Day of the Lord Day of the Sun
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18. Mundane
● From French mondain● From Latin mundus - world
● Meaning - of this world
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A Brief History of Time
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19. Tyrannosaurus Rex
● "tyranno" means tyrant in Greek;● "saurus" means lizard in Greek;● "rex" means "king" in Latin.● "king of the tyrant lizards"
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20. Explosion
● From Latin verb explodere - to drive an
actor off the stage by clapping (1538)
● From ex- (“out”) + plaudere (“to clap; to applaud”)
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21. Disaster
● From Middle French désastre● From Old Italian disastro● From Ancient Greek insult prefix δυσ-,
(dus-) "bad" and ἀστήρ (aster), "star"● Disaster - Bad Star
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20. Disaster
● From Middle French désastre● From Old Italian disastro● From Ancient Greek insult prefix δυσ-,
(dus-) "bad" and ἀστήρ (aster), "star"● Disaster - Bad Star
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22. Barbaric
● From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος -
barbaric; antonym of citizen
● Foreigners sounded like sheep (bar-bar)
to Greeks
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23. Pyramid
● From Old French piramide● From Latin pȳramis, pȳramidis● From Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís)● Unknown Origin
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24. Stadium
● From Latin stadion● From Greek στάδιον● Unit of length
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25. Dictator
● From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”),
● From dictō (“dictate, prescribe”),● From dīcō (“say, speak”)
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26. Parliament
● From Anglo-Norman parliament● From Middle French and Old French
parlement (“discussion, meeting, negotiation; assembly, council”),
● From parler (“to speak”) + -ment (suffix indicating action)
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27. Religion
● From Latin religio - Bond, obligation
● From Latin religare - to bind
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28. Crusade
● From French croisade, introduced in English (in the French spelling) by 1575
● From Medieval Latin cruciātus - means "tormented; crucified"
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29. Dictionary
● From Latin dictionarius liber - manual of books
● From dictō (“dictate, prescribe”),● From dīcō (“say, speak”)
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30. School
● From Middle English scole, ● From Old English scōl (“place of
education”), ● Possibly from Proto-Germanic *skōla
(“school”), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”),
● From Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (skholeîon), from σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”)
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31. Boycott
● Named after an Irish land agent, Captain
Charles C. Boycott
● Irish Land League boycotted him to get
rent reeduced
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32. Vaccine
● From Latin vaccīnus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox)
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A futuristic look
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33. Graduate
● From Latin graduātus (“graduated”),● From gradus (“step”).
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34. Car
● From the Latin word carrus or carrum ("wheeled vehicle"),
● From the Gaulish word karros (a Gallic chariot).
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35. House
● From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”),
● From Proto-Germanic *hūsą ● Possibly from Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kews-, from *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide”)
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36. Mortgage
● from Old French mort gage (“death pledge”)
● So called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails.
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37. Bank
● Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”)
● Bankers would come and break benches in your house on failure of loan payment
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38. Helicopter
● From French hélicoptère● from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”)
+ πτερόν (pterón, “wing”)
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39. Heaven
● From heofon (Old English) - means sky
● Uncertain origin of heofon