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How parts of the brain got their names!
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#neuroscience
#interesting
#neurotwitter
#anatomy
#medicine
#infographics
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How colors got their names!
#interesting
#etymology
#infographic
#design
#linguistics
#art
#infographics
#colors
#graphicdesign
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How species of fish got their names!
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#fish
#ichthyology
#marinebiology
#interesting
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The name origins behind different types of pasta.
#etymology
#food
#pasta
#linguistics
#infographic
#guide
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How major Romance languages developed from Latin
#etymology
#linguistics
#interesting
#map
#infographic
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How infectious diseases got their names
#etymology
#linguistics
#Infographic
#microbiology
#epidemiology
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How spices got their names.
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#interesting
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#cooking
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How typefaces got their names.
#fonts
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#typefaces
#typeface
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#guide
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Washington, D.C.'s Hidden Etymologies.
#washington
#washingtonDC
#DC
#linguistics
#etymology
#interesting
#map
#infographic
#infographics
#maps
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@qikipedia
@lynneguist
There's a giant wikipedia list of kangaroo words and it's quite a rabbit hole:
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How Melbourne's suburbs got their names!
#melbourne
#australia
#map
#infographic
#interesting
#etymology
#linguistics
#maps
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How birds got their names!
#etymology
#linguistics
#ornithology
#birds
#birdwatching
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How rock and roll bands got their names.
#rock
#rockandroll
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#infographic
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"Idiot" and "idiom" both come from a Greek word meaning "one's own." Historically, an idiot was someone who did things on their own instead of taking part in public affairs, and an idiom is an expression particular to one's own language.
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How some trees got their names!
#etymology
#linguistics
#dendrology
#botany
#infographic
#interesting
#trees
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How musical instruments got their names!
#etymology
#linguistics
#music
#orchestra
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#infographics
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How 32 apple varieties got their names.
#apples
#food
#etymology
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How art movements got their names.
#art
#arthistory
#painting
#etymology
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NEW INFOGRAPHIC: THE ETYMOLOGY OF COFFEE
#etymology
#etymologynerd
#infographic
#infographics
#coffee
#caffeine
#linguistics
#interesting
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Rarely used punctuation, and their origins.
#Linguistics
#etymology
#English
#language
#punctuation
#infographic
#guide
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Before the word "syphilis", every country had its own name for the STD:
France called it the "Italian disease"
Italy called it the "French disease"
The Ottomans called it the "Christian disease"
The Dutch called it the "Spanish disease"
Russia called it the "Polish disease"
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How beer brands got their names!
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#beer
#interesting
#brewing
#infographics
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Dead Letters: symbols lost from the alphabet over time
#etymology
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#linguistics
#guide
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#language
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Two garments got their names from the Crimean War:
A "balaclava" was originally a head garment worn at the Battle of Balaclava
"Cardigans" were named after war hero James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, who was known for wearing knitted waistcoasts
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HYDRA = an Ancient Greek WATER serpent
HYDRANT = an apparatus for drawing out WATER
HYDROGEN = an element that produces WATER when exposed to oxygen
HYDRANGEA = a plant with seed capsules shaped like WATER vessels
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SUPER EXCITED to share that I'm writing a book!!! stay tuned in like a year lol
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Three years and I still can't get over the fact that the words "pen" and "pencil" are unrelated
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How the suburbs and boroughs of Montreal got their names!
#Montreal
#Quebec
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#interesting
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How the arrondissements of Paris got their official names
#etymology
#linguistics
#paris
#france
#map
#maps
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#interesting
#infographics
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London's Hidden Etymologies.
#London
#LondonUK
#England
#etymology
#linguistics
#cool
#infographic
#guide
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How different types of cocktails got their names!
#etymology
#mixology
#infographic
#linguistics
#cocktails
#infographics
#interesting
#alcohol
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Explaining the etymologies behind some popular cheeses
#cheese
#food
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#guide
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Boston's Hidden Etymologies.
#map
#infographic
#Boston
#Massachusetts
#BostonMA
#maps
#etymology
#linguistics
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I made an infographic explaining how hip-hop artists got their stage names!
#etymology
#infographic
#interesting
#music
#hiphop
#infographics
#linguistics
#21Savage
#CardiB
#dojacat
#lilnasX
#NickiMinaj
#JayZ
#TravisScott
#Juicewrld
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The words "pants," "scaramouche," and "harlequin" all come from the names of characters in 16th-century Italian plays.
Pants are from Pantaloon, a character known for wearing long trousers. Scaramouche was the name of a cowardly braggart, and Harlequin was a servant character.
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How Baltimore's neighborhoods got their names!
#baltimore
#maryland
#baltimoreMD
#etymology
#linguistics
#infographic
#map
#infographics
#interesting
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How Singapore's districts got their names!
#singapore
#etymology
#map
#linguistics
#interesting
#maps
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Ever wonder how hurricanes and other storms get named?
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The etymology of Harry Potter character names.
#harrypotter
#etymology
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@jk_rowling
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Atlanta's Hidden Etymologies.
#atlanta
#georgia
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#etymology
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#interesting
#infographics
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How neighborhoods in Austin, TX got their names.
#austin
#texas
#TX
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#map
#infographic
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Update to the pasta etymologies infographic; there were several errors in the previous version.
#pasta
#etymology
#food
#linguistics
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How Denver's neighborhoods got their names.
#denver
#colorado
#etymology
#linguistics
#map
#maps
#infographic
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An infographic I made on the "hidden elements" and the origins of their names!
#etymology
#chemistry
#periodictable
#linguistics
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I finally got around to making an infographic of my hometown! How the cities and towns around Albany, NY got their names.
#albany
#albanyny
#map
#infographic
#etymology
#linguistics
#interesting
#infographics
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Ages at which children learn consonantal sounds.
#linguistics
#language
#English
#parenting
#interesting
#infographic
#guide
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San Diego's hidden etymologies!
#SanDiego
#California
#etymology
#map
#maps
#infographic
#interesting
#Tijuana
#infographics
#linguistics
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wake up babe, new washington post op-ed dropped
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The words "limit," "sublime," "liminal," "eliminate," and "preliminary" all come from the same Latin root meaning "threshold"
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Additionally, "syphilis" was originally the name of a shepherd who contracted the disease in a sixteenth-century Italian poem.
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If you're wondering what this was about, please check out my new substack where I'll be publishing my long-form writings!
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If we combine the "gh" in "rough", "o" in "women", and "ti" in "motion", the word "ghoti" sounds like "fish"
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The etymology behind some neighbourhood names in Sydney, Australia
#etymology
#linguistics
#map
#maps
#infographic
#Sydney
#Australia
@CloverMoore
@smh
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The word "opportunity" comes from the Latin phrase "ob portum veniens", meaning "coming toward a port"
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just published an op-ed in the washington post!! give it a read if you want to learn way too much about incels
From Adam Aleksic: How Gen Z took over incel slang
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The words "erupt", "corrupt", "bankrupt", "interrupt", and "disrupt" all come from a Latin verb meaning "break"
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"Cherubs" were originally depicted as half-human, half-animal throne-bearers in Middle Eastern art, but confusion with the Aramaic word ke-rabya (meaning "like a child") changed how they were perceived.
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The first element in the words "kitty-corner" and "catty-corner" comes from Latin quattuor, meaning "four"
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"Gregarious", "aggregate", "congregate", "segregate", and "egregious" all come from the Latin word "grex", meaning "flock".
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How some Nintendo characters got their names.
#etymology
#linguistics
#SmashBrosUltimate
#Nintendo
#infographic
#interesting
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The Bay Area's Hidden Etymologies!
#etymology
#infographic
#california
#SanFrancisco
#interesting
#bayarea
#sanjose
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Apparently your pronunciation of "Empire State Building" depends on where you're from. New Yorkers will say "Empire STATE building", with emphasis on "state", and non-natives will say "EMPIRE state building".
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The linguistic observer effect: if you write about an emerging word, it could change whether the word becomes popular (see "cheugy")
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The Greek word for "mercury", which gives us the symbol Hg, literally meant "silver water"
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Languages compared by approximate number of speakers (total and native)
#linguistics
#infographic
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Recently, my friends and I have been obsessed with Semantle, which is kind of like Wordle but with definitions. Figured linguistics twitter would appreciate it:
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"Somber", "umbrella", "penumbra", and "umber" all come from the Latin word for "shadow"
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The word "curfew" literally meant "cover fire" in Old French.
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English is the only language that capitalizes the first person singular pronoun.
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"Nectarine" comes from a Proto-Indo-European word for "death"
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Los Angeles' Hidden Etymologies: an infographic about the origins of LA neighborhood names
#etymology
#map
#la
#losangeles
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The word "syllabus" was originally a misprint of "syttabus"
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"Rival" used to mean "person who fishes alongside another person"
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@AlysCorduroy
@heavenlyav
@ronnkoko
@etymologia
Nope, but "semordnilap" is a word that has a different meaning read backwards.
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In maritime law, flotsam is accidental debris, while jetsam is stuff that was intentionally thrown overboard
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"Alias", "alibi", and "alien" all come from a Latin word meaning "other"
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"Facetious" is one of two words in the English language where all the vowels are in alphabetical order
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The word "bonfire" came from the practice of burning bones in worship of saints
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The word "freelance" used to refer to a type of medieval mercenary
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