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Coach Pāṇini ®TIL the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hoosiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoosiers</a>.Shouldn’t that be considered a banned DEI word?“Hello, we interrupt this broadcast of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NCAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NCAA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/basketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#basketball</a> tournament…”

Wordorigins.orgviking<a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/viking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/viking</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordorigins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a>

AbieEtymology of the day: from Arabic šakama (to bridle) > Arabic šakīma, (bit) > Old Spanish xaquima > Spanish word jáquima > American English hackamore <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackamore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackamore</a>So a famously bitless bridle is named after the word for bit :p<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a>

Miro CollasWhere do swear words come from? - YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqvT3gVz2aw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqvT3gVz2aw</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSFW</a>

That Word ChatPremiering today on YouTube:Kelly Elizabeth Wright joins <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThatWordChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThatWordChat</a> to discuss new words, language in flux, and why linguistic justice matters. Watch the full episode: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lexicography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sociolinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sociolinguistics</a>

DgarWhere do swear words come from? ~ Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris (52min YouTube Podcast video)Obviously, there’s a lot of swear words, so if you don’t like hearing swear words, you’ve been warned. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/NqvT3gVz2aw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NqvT3gVz2aw</a>

Deborah PickettI learned from the latest Big Issue that the old word "methinks" doesn't come from poorly-conjugated "me" + "thinks" ("I think") but actually comes from "(to) me" + "þyncan" ("seem"), so the word is literally "it seems to me".<a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/methinks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.etymonline.com/word/methinks</a><a href="https://old.mermaid.town/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®The word “crisp” originates from the Latin adjective “crispus,” meaning “curled,” “wrinkled,” or “having curly hair”. It entered Old English as “crisp,” describing something curly or wavy, such as hair or wool. Over time, “crisp” evolved to mean “brittle” by the 1520s, possibly due to the effect of cooking on flat items. In the 19th century, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/crisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crisp</a> came to describe things as “neat” or “fresh”.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotIt’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalVermouthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalVermouthDay</a>! We delve into the fascinating history (and etymology) of this essential cocktail ingredient in our video about the Americano. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFhs5jwuC4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFhs5jwuC4</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LingComm</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Americano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americano</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cocktail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cocktail</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Vermouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vermouth</a>

Mark A. RaynerI am greatly enjoying the audiobook of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@stephenfry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stephenfry</a>'s Mythos, but I imagine this may be the jar situation in his home.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/greek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greek</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a>

kamatahvel🇺🇦Greetings! I've moved instances so now it's time to rewrite an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intro</a> I love <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a>. I'm hesitant to list what languages I study as my interests tend to shift, but I know a few phrases in some European languages. Speaking is the hardest part of using a language given that darn real-time compilation aspect, so it's safe to say reading is the easiest to get a grasp of. I've really gotten in to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Latin</a> of late thanks to my dealings with learning plant species.Speaking of which, I'm also really into <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ReWilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReWilding</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Permaculture</a>. I've spent over the past 2 years converting my traditional American hellscape of a lawn into a recovering (thriving, even?) ecosystem of native plants. It's not much, but it's work 🧑‍🌾🚜 Currently I'm tracking over 110 species I've either transplanted or nurtured. How am I tracking that? Well, I'm also into <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> For that project, I just built a simple, local CRUD webapp with some mapping functionality for logging where I plant things, how they're doing and some basic info about them. Outside of work I work on a lot of small projects like the one above, but they've all felt so much more interesting than the work I get paid to do. That's how life goes, I suppose. Anyway, brief list of what I've built: DIY 6 Zone Automated Sprinkler system with ball valves (!) controlled by an ESP32 running ESPHome, A local webapp that (among other things) uses diceware to create unique passwords, A Slack bot for friends that admins a game of Cards Against Humanity, I built a web scraper service for a local nonprofit to better collect municipality permit data, I've gone through 3 iterations of installing 5v LED strips on a bike of mine to stay visible, I've probably written countless automations in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a>. One thing remains true for most of my projects: I always end up overengineering the solution lol. It's a double-edged sword, but I'm trying to either embrace it or learn when to avoid it, depending on my mood for that day.Last, let's talk about reading. I love <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a>, but primarily <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HardSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HardSciFi</a>. Anything where there's more focus on the technology being used. Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Egan, Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. Always eager to take some book recommendations.Anyway, I think that's enough of an intro to satisfy the Mastodon. `Press any key to continue...`

Colin PurringtonFrass, insect excrement, is a word derived from the German verb "fressen" (devour, to eat as a beast does). The Oxford English Dictionary has the first instance of frass in 1854, by the entomologist Henry Stainton. He published a description of Stigmella salicis that year (see leaf mine pic via link), so perhaps he needed a word to describe the excrement produced by the larva. I'm not sure whether Germans were already using Fraß for that meaning (anyone?). <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/frass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frass</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/german" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#german</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lepidoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/inaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inaturalist</a> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247952046" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247952046</a>

Dave RahardjaAnother English language and word-origins podcast that I’ve enjoyed, but haven’t been listening to of late, is A Way With Words with Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lexicography</a><a href="https://waywordradio.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://waywordradio.org</a>

Dave RahardjaI love podcasts on English and word origins, and I’m a fan of Words Unraveled, a relatively new podcast by Jess Zafarris and Rob Watts (aka RobWords). This episode on swear words was a hoot.Bonus: they swear all though the show, and you probably won’t see a single ad because of that 😜<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/swearWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#swearWords</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqvT3gVz2aw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqvT3gVz2aw</a>

Wordorigins.orgtriumph<a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/triumph" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/triumph</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordorigins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a>

Moss WizardGot curious about the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> of “ramifications”: it comes from “ramify”, to branch out, from ramus, Latin for branch. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a>

AnnaAnthroLol - When even the linguists are backing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>….<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> of the word ‘sovereignty’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elbowsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elbowsup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="http://youtube.com/post/UgkxLR9S6gCebu371G_ol7Bpw9oWXDE0K5La?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/post/UgkxLR9S6gCebu371G_ol7Bpw9oWXDE0K5La?feature=shared</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotHappy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Holi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Holi</a> to those celebrating! It seems like our video on all the colour words would be an appropriate thing to watch for the occasion. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDc5J2LD08" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDc5J2LD08</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Holi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Holi</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LingComm</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotHappy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PiDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PiDay</a>! As has become traditional around here, we’re celebrating by sharing a video about our own particular brand of PIE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oqTLtxqEo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oqTLtxqEo</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PiDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PiDay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LingComm</a>

Stefan BohacekThis feels like one of those things I already knew and just forgot about."When retired British army captain Charles Boycott, acting as an agent for an absentee landlord, tried to evict tenant farmers for refusing to pay their rent, he was ostracized by the [Land League] and community. [...] Boycott’s fate was soon well known, and his name became a byword for that particular protest strategy"<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boycott" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boycott</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott</a><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boycott</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/WordOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOrigin</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a>

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