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THE ETYMOLOGY PUZZLE

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Etymon #100


  1. The word was recorded in English by 1200, from Old French, and before that, Latin. William Langland, in Piers Plowman, used it for the suffering of a man condemned to death, questioned by a Roman official named Pilate.

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Etymon #99


  1. The word was recorded in English by 1325, from Anglo-Norman French, and before that, Latin. The Statutes of the Realm, an early collection of English laws, used it to decide how many local peacekeeping officials a town needed,...
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Etymon #98

Fork, then apology

The word was recorded in English by 1390, from Latin, in a poem called Pistel of Swete Susan. Its Latin root named a two-pronged tool, used for digging and preparing ground for planting.

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Etymon #97

Stars, then toast

The word was recorded in English by 1374, from Old French. Geoffrey Chaucer, in Troilus and Criseyde, used it for an unseen force believed to stream down from the heavens.

9 days ago
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Etymon #96

Unlike most fish

The word was recorded in English before 1398, from Latin, and before that, Greek. John Trevisa, translating the medieval encyclopaedia De Proprietatibus Rerum, described a creature that, unlike most fish, left the water at...

10 days ago
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