Did you know English didn’t really start out as English? A huge chunk of the language actually comes from elsewhere. In fact, ...

Like a wandering sailor, the Latin root “porto” has a girl in every . .. well, port. “Porto” means “carry,” and this roamin’ Roman root has sailed into scores of English words, serving us both the ...

You have seen the cartoons. A gaunt man in a white robe with a long white beard carries a sign that reads, “repent.” A smarty-pants caption accompanies the cartoon. For most people, repentance means ...

If you are word-curious, you can use this book to figure out what a micromere is or what pododynia means. If you are a student of medicine or biology, you can use it as a shortcut to mastering the ...

These old English words have been around since before people started writing history. They remind us where our language came from and show how words can last through time while the world keeps ...

With students gone for the day, sixth grade teachers Joy Ford and Ryan Rusk sat in a classroom discussing the Latin root temp. After determining that “contemporary” and “temporary” share the root, ...

Bad. To those learning English, it’s often the first word taught as the antithesis of “good”. Frequently, it’s one of the first adjectives that one learns. It is one word that perhaps is used at least ...