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Etymology
Every English word has a past. These 30 Latin words traveled through two thousand years of history to become the words you use every day. Click any card to read its story.
30 word stories
“clothed in white”
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“salt”
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“bad star”
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“left, on the left side”
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“together + bread”
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“leisure, free time (from Greek skhole)”
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“little mouse”
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“place where three roads meet”
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“ten”
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“Roman god of fire and the forge”
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“sand”
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“hearth, fireplace”
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“small pebble”
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“head”
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“king, of the king”
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“bridge-builder”
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“fire”
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“free; also: bark (of a tree)”
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“money (from pecus, cattle)”
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“forest, woods”
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“Roman god of doorways and beginnings”
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“Roman god of war”
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“empty”
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“oaken, strong as oak (from robur, oak tree)”
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“I forbid”
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“country dweller, villager”
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“leaf”
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“witness”
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“poison, slimy liquid”
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“to kill one in ten”
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