Gk. etymon = "true"
study of where a given word comes from, its history
logos = "word"
Gk. entomon = "cut up" (i.e. insect, which also means "cut into")
study of insects
logy = "study of" (derived from logos)
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The absorption of language into an ongoing life. Something interesting on language as it touches upon the author and the times.
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- "Uptalk," "Vocal Fry," etc.
- "Parterre"
- "Popliteal Fossa"
- Compulsive? Or Something More
- Cartoonist Punster
- I Recommend This Ecumenicism
- "Ambrosia"
- Shakespeare's Birthday.
- EARTH DAY: "i thank You God..."
- Cartoonist Punster on the Loose Again
- Connie's back pain has been terrible the ...
- "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"
- Sandy Hook Says, "Shame!"
- "Ferret" / "Weasel"
- Creative Misreading? Moose Style
- Connie's Bon Mot
- Warning: More Tongue Twisters
- "Interest" -- "Bizarro" by Dan Piraro
- Warning: Tongue Twisters
- Cartooned "Etymology" / "Entomology"
- "Dictionary"--the Game
- Unlikely Rhymes
- 'Lingua'ge--the Word on the 'Tongue'
- "Magnanimous"--"Pusillanimous"
- "Mairzy Doats"
- "Flatulent"
- Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?
- "Eponymous"
- Etymology Online
- The Wits of Watts and Wilde
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- I am a retired college professor in the Southwestern United States, communication studies my field. I've ALWAYS been interested in language and have done several light-hearted but serious page-a-day calendars on the theme for family and friends, the younger contingent of whom has encouraged me to do a blog. This is it!
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