Reading time: 10 minutes Since antiquity, the Ancient Greek language has held a certain prestige that extends far beyond its autochthonous corner of the Mediterranean. Its influence has been multi-faceted; Greek vocabulary today turns up in so many different spheres of so many different languages, such as in terminology for medicine, for chemistry, for engineering,Continue reading “Getting to Grips with Greek: Achieving the Alphabet”
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Walloons, Wales and Cornish Walnuts: The Wonderful Word World of *walha-
This article is an adaptation of one first written for the brilliant interdisciplinary magazine Porridge, which you can find out more about at porridgemagazine.com. Note that an asterisk * is used for historically undocumented and therefore hypothetical words. I’d like to tell you the tale of a headlong tumble down a rabbit hole of etymologyContinue reading “Walloons, Wales and Cornish Walnuts: The Wonderful Word World of *walha-“
Danny L. Bate 