FUN ETYMOLOGY FACTS by Belinda CM https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu en-us 2019-10-23 09:09:56 UTC 2019-11-06 21:52:08 UTC hello@padlet.com etymology of 'sandwich' https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/401332288 It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an eighteenth-century English aristocrat. It is said that he ordered his valet to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread, and others began to order "the same as Sandwich!"]]> 2019-10-23 09:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/401332288 Etymology of dog https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268111 The simple English word dog, comes from the Old English word dogca, with an unknown origin.
By The Biciclettas]]> 2019-10-30 04:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268111 https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268297 ✩ > ;; .  .  . The history of vanilla

The word vanilla, derived from vainilla, the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning a sheath or a pod), is translated simply as "little pod". Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people cultivated the vine of the vanilla orchid, called tlīlxochitl by the Aztecs.]]> 2019-10-30 04:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268297 https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268561 Monday gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon word "mondandaeg" which translates to "the moon's day." The second day of the week in Nordic cultures was devoted to worshipping the goddess of the moon]]> 2019-10-30 04:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268561 https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268847 ELTEMOLOGY OF TUESDAY
The name Tuesday comes from a Middle English word, Tiwesday. This word came from the Old English word Tiwes dæg. This was named after the Nordic god Tyr. Tyr was the God of War, like the Roman war god Mars, and Greek god Ares]]> 2019-10-30 04:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404268847 Etymology of Avocado 🥑 https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269035 The word avocado comes from the Spanish word aguacate, which in turn derived from the Nahuatl Aztec word ahuacatl meaning testicle. Not exactly appropriate, but it’s true!]]> 2019-10-30 04:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269035 https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269166 History of the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia can actually be broken down into several parts: Hippo- is 'horse' in Greek and potam-os is river. Thus the first part of the word refers to a water horse also otherwise known as Hippopotamus. The Oxford Dictionary uses the word: Hippopotamine to refer to “something very large”.


]]> 2019-10-30 04:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269166 https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269562 history of floccinaucinihilipilification.

n. 1741, a combination of four Latin words (flocci, nauci, nihili, pilifi) all signifying "at a small price" or "for nothing," which were listed together in a rule of the well-known Eton Latin Grammar.
]]> 2019-10-30 04:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269562 Etymology of CHEESE https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269589 Old English cēse, cȳse, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaas and German Käse ; from Latin caseus .
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PS: We did the avocado one too, but we forgot to sign it.]]> 2019-10-30 04:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269589 https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269883 History of pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is an inherited disorder, named for its similarity to pseudohypoparathyroidism in presentation. The term pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is used to describe a condition where the individual has the phenotypic appearance of pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a, but is biochemically normal.]]> 2019-10-30 04:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269883 Etymology of apology https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269927 mid 16th century (denoting a formal defence against an accusation): from French apologie, or via late Latin from Greek apologia ‘a speech in one's own defence’, from apo ‘away’ + -logia (see -logy).

]]> 2019-10-30 04:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404269927 etomolgy of aeropane https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765050 the origin of aerplane comes from france and greece.
france= a`ero
air
greece= plane
wandering]]> 2019-10-30 23:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765050 Origin of dragon https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765366 The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which in turn comes from Latin: draconem (nominative draco) meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek δράκων, drákōn (genitive δράκοντος, drákontos) "serpent, giant seafish".]]> 2019-10-30 23:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765366 Etymology of YEET https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765478 Originating and coined in the mid-2000s, but popularized by a 2014 video uploaded on Vine.]]> 2019-10-30 23:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765478 Origin of assassin https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765898 Search Results
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The word “assassin” derives from a secretive murder cult in the 11th and 12th centuries called the “Hashishin”, meaning “hashish eaters”. While much of the origin of this cult has been lost, the original leader was Hasan Ben Sabah, a prominent devotee of Isma'ili beliefs.
]]> 2019-10-30 23:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404765898 Origin of robot https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404766362 1920s: from Czech, from robota ‘forced labour’. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. ‘Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920).]]> 2019-10-30 23:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404766362 orange https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404766415 orange comes from persia french and arabic

persia=narang

arabic=naranj

france=orenge


]]> 2019-10-30 23:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404766415 Origin of jay https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404766944 Jay Name Meaning. English and French: nickname from Middle English, Old French jay(e), gai 'jay' (the bird), probably referring to an idle chatterer or a showy person, although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits.]]> 2019-10-30 23:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404766944 Origin of Oscar https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404767102 The name Oscar is a boy's name of English, Irish origin meaning "God spear, or deer-lover or champion warrior".]]> 2019-10-30 23:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404767102 Origin of ada https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404767287 The name Ada is a girl's name of German origin meaning "noble, nobility". Ada is derived from the German name Adelaide, which came from the ancient name Adalheidis. The root, adal, is a Germanic word meaning “noble.”]]> 2019-10-30 23:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404767287 Etymology of truck https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404768474 Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek]]> 2019-10-30 23:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404768474 Origin of pizza https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404768562 Modern pizza developed in Naples when tomato was added to the focaccia in the late 18th century. The word pizza was first documented in A.D. 997 in Gaeta and successively in different parts of Central and Southern Italy. Pizza was mainly eaten in Italy and by emigrants from there.]]> 2019-10-30 23:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/belinda_rocky93/hkzn0e7q9nu/wish/404768562