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Etymology
Every English word has a past. These 41 Latin words traveled through two thousand years of history to become the words you use every day. Click any card to read its story.
41 word stories
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“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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“good”
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“to wander, to stray”
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“step, degree”
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“host, guest (both at once)”
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“the first day of the month”
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“new”
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“circle, ring, disk”
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“wine”
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“beyond, outside”
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“youth, the young”
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“belt, girdle”
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