Blogs about: Etymology Of English Words
Etymology of the word "toilet"
John Neos wrote 3 months ago: Origin of the word “toilet” Toilet comes from the French toilette (a cloth, bag for clot … more →
Etymology of toll
John Neos wrote 5 months ago: Etymology of toll The word toll (tax, fee) derives from the late Latin tolonium from the Latin telon … more →
Etymology of tolerate, tolerance
John Neos wrote 7 months ago: Etymology of tolerate, tolerance The verb tolerate comes from the Latin tolero (tolerate, bear, endu … more →
Etymology of task
John Neos wrote 8 months ago: Etymology of task Task comes from the old French tasque from tasche (duty) from the Latin tasca (a d … more →
Etymology of buffalo
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of buffalo Buffalo derives from the Portoguese bufalo, which in turn came from the Latin b … more →
Etymology of bomb
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of bomb _ Bomb derives from the french bombe, from the latin bombus (a buzzing sound), whi … more →
ALMS derives from the Greek "eleemosyne"
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of alms Alms derives from the old English ælmesse from the Vulgar Latin alemosyna from the … more →
Almond derives from the Greek amygdala
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of almond. Almond comes from the old french almande, from the Vulgar Latin amendla, from L … more →
TONE
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of tone Tone derives from the Latin tonus, which is a transliteration of the Greek τόνος ( … more →
NORMAL
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Normal comes from the Latin normalis (in conformity with rule) from norma (rule, pattern, lit. … more →
ETYMOLOGY OF FOLIO AND LEAF
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of folio and leaf Leaf comes from the Latin folium (leaf), which derives from the Greek … more →
TAXONOMY
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of taxonomy It derives from the French taxonomie coined from the Greek words taxis (τάξις; … more →
MEDICINE
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of medicine The word MEDICINE comes from the Latin medico from medeor (I heal, cure) from … more →
FLAME
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of flame. Flame comes from the Latin flamma (flame), which derives form the Greek verb φλέ … more →
SCOPE
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of scope. Scope (aim, purpose, an end, extent or range of view) derives from the Latin sco … more →
DOOR
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of door. The word DOOR derives from the Greek word θύρα (thyra; door) by changing θ into d … more →
CROWN
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of crown _ The word CROWN derives from the Latin corona (crown), which is a transliteratio … more →
SOUND
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of sound The word sound came from the Latin sonus, which derives from the Greek τόνος (ton … more →
LIGHT, LUCIDITY, LUCERN
John Neos wrote 1 year ago: Etymology of light, lucidity and lucern _ The word light derices from the Latin lux (light; gen. luc … more →
