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The surprisingly connected origins of "mead" and "amethyst".
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is INSTRUMENT/DESTROY #wotd #instrument #destroy
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The surprisingly connected origins of "jeopardy" and "jewel".
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is BIG/BEAUTIFUL/BILL/BOAST/DYNAMITE #wotd #big #beautiful #bill #boast #dynamite #BigBeautifulBill #BigUglyBill
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The surprisingly connected origins of "abundant" and "water".
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is TRANSGENDER/THOROUGH/KIND #wotd #trans #transgender #thorough #kind #pride #PrideMonth #Pride2025 #PrideMonth2025
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is QUEER/THWART #wotd #queer #thwart #pride #PrideMonth #PrideMonth2025
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is GAY/VAGUE/WINK #wotd #gay #vague #wink #Pride #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is PRIDE/REPRESENT #wotd #pride #represent #PrideMonth #Pride2025 #pridemonth2025 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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New video!!
Explaining the grammar behind the construction "The more, the merrier", and the instrumental case.
This is the first video in our new "Knotty Topics in Historical Linguistics" series.
Let us know what you think!
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is TACO/TACK/TAIL #wotd #taco #tack #tail #TACOTrump
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is HABEAS CORPUS/PROHIBIT/MIDRIFF #wotd #HabeasCorpus #prohibit #midriff
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Happy #SherlockHolmesDay! One of our earliest videos was all about Holmes – and his connections to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight!
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Happy #DinosaurDay! Time to dig back into our past videos, for the early history of fossil hunting and paleontology’s roots
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Happy #FlowerDay! Here are some lovely etymological blooms to help celebrate
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is GRIFT/GRUB/CRAWL #wotd #grift #grub #crawl
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Happy #LoveATreeDay! Have an arboreal etymology to celebrate!
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