Podcasts de etymology

Put this in your cake hole

Baked goods have a special place in English expressions. In this episode, we find out if you can...

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#151 Dissect Words with Sect!

The Latin root sect means “cut.” This Latin root is the word origin of a good number of English...

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#152 "Fort" Makes Your Vocabulary Strong!

The Latin root fort means “strong.” This Latin root is the word origin of a large number of...

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#153 No Low Queue for Talking Now!

The Latin root loqu and its variant locut mean “speak.” These roots are the word origins of a...

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#154 Be No Longer Separated from "Se-"

Prefixes are key morphemes in English vocabulary that begin words. A large number of English...

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#155 Big Lig Ties

The Latin root lig and its variants li and ly mean “tie.” This Latin root is the word origin of...

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Klingon and Esperanto Are Important Languages, Too

Language encapsulates every part of a culture, from its history of ideas to the way its speakers...

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Episode 6: Heckle Loaf Lexitecture
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Episode 6: Heckle Loaf

In this episode, Amy teases out a home-town industry that turned into a showbiz obstacle with...

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Episode 8: Inspiration Log Lexitecture
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Episode 8: Inspiration Log

In this episode, Amy explores divine breath with "inspiration" and Ryan looks at big, heavy...

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Episode 9: Silly? Auspicious! Lexitecture
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Episode 9: Silly? Auspicious!

In this episode, Amy ponders using bird guts to swear in US presidents with "auspicious" and Ryan...

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Episode 10: Rank: Yahoo Lexitecture
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Episode 10: Rank: Yahoo

In this episode, Amy explores the connection between a fictional 18th century group of simpletons...

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Episode 11: Explore Nostalgia Lexitecture
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Episode 11: Explore Nostalgia

In this episode, Amy examines how one might literally die of home sickness with "nostalgia",...

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Episode 12: Embarrassing Zero Lexitecture
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Episode 12: Embarrassing Zero

In this episode, Amy examines a linguistic path through Arabic and Latin that ultimately amounts...

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Episode 13: Produce Petrichor Lexitecture
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Episode 13: Produce Petrichor

In this episode, Amy talks about how to slander a religion by naming pus after the blood of gods...

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Episode 14: Etymology Etymology Lexitecture
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Episode 14: Etymology Etymology

In this episode, the trans-Atlantic connection has been temporarily severed by dodgy Scottish...

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Episode 15: Pornography Anatomy Lexitecture
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Episode 15: Pornography Anatomy

In this episode, Amy talks about how "anatomy" was originally an action and Ryan talk about who...

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Episode 16: Empty Haar Lexitecture
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Episode 16: Empty Haar

In this episode, Amy talks about going suddenly cold and blind thanks to "haar" and Ryan talks...

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Episode 17: Utopian Bedlam Lexitecture
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Episode 17: Utopian Bedlam

In this episode, Amy talks about going crazy in Bethlemen with "bedlam" and Ryan tries to find...

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Episode 18: Virtual Understanding Lexitecture
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Episode 18: Virtual Understanding

In this episode, Amy stands amid the origin of "understand" and Ryan discovers that there were...

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Episode 19: Character Book Lexitecture
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Episode 19: Character Book

In this episode, Amy appreciates the timeless nature of the word (and artifact) "book" and Ryan...

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