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  1. What are some good sites for researching etymology? [closed]

    Here is an example of a directed graph: It works in multiple languages, providing etymology data, descendants, related words and more. It also has a pretty quick search, and the index is constantly …

  2. "Indian" comes from Italian/Spanish "gente in dios" (God-like people ...

    Mar 20, 2019 · The Italian etymology of India fails to mention anything about "people in/of God". Italian Wikipedia says Gli antichi Greci si riferivano agli indiani con il termine Indoi (Ινδοί), il popolo dell'Indo. …

  3. What does “etymology” include? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Apr 23, 2014 · I’m curious how one describes the etymology of a word. Does the etymology of a word entail more than its origin? Does etymology also contain a word’s usages and history?

  4. history - Is the etymology of "salary" a myth? - English Language ...

    Jun 3, 2018 · 2 Other answers touch on the history of the word salary as it connects back to Latin. I'll try to trace a different question - the development of the salarius = soldiers are paid salt folk etymology …

  5. etymology - Is the alleged original meaning of the phrase 'blood is ...

    I recently read that the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" was originally derived from the phrase "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", implying ...

  6. etymology - What is the origin of the phrase "playing hooky"? - English ...

    Apr 9, 2015 · What does the word "hooky" mean in the phrase "play hooky" (skipping class/truancy) and where did it come from?

  7. etymology - Origin of fag (meaning a cigarette in British English ...

    Dec 1, 2015 · Aside from the offensive meaning, colloquial British English uses the term fag to indicate a cigarette. James has gone outside for a fag In my googling, I thought perhaps this originates from one...

  8. How did the word "beaver" come to be associated with vagina?

    What is the etymology of the word beaver as it relates to a woman's vagina?

  9. offensive language - What is the etymology of "BFE"? - English …

    I am fairly certain that the inaccurate “butt fuck Egypt” derived from bum being the English term for buttocks. Clearly the definition of BFE is the same regardless of what one believes the “B” stands for, …

  10. etymology - Origin of "to have a cow" - English Language & Usage …

    Jun 10, 2013 · The phrase "to have a cow" is defined as "to be very worried, upset, or angry about something" in Free Dictionary Online. Other sources also define it to mean to react very strongly and …