The Root Of English – The Enlightenment
The tendencies established during the Renaissance continued throughout the 18th century – the period of the ‘Enlightenment’. The works of…
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Origins – Measurement
The optometrist, by etymology, measures vision – the term is built on opsis, optikos, view, vision, plus metron, measurement. Metron…
Origins – The Mind
A neurosis is not a form of mental unbalance. A full-blown mental disorder is called a psychosis, a word built…
Origins Love, Hate, And Marriage
Misanthrope, misogynist, and misogamist are built on the Greek root misein, to hate. The misanthrope hates mankind (Greek anthropos, mankind);…
Origins – Living Alone and Liking It
Ascetic is from the Greek word asketes, monk or hermit. A monk lives a lonely life – not for him…
Origins – The Heart
Cardiologist combines Greek kardia, heart, and logos, science. The speciality is cardiology, the adjective cardiological. So a cardiac condition refers…
Origins – The Ego
Egoist and egotist are built on the same Latin root – the pronoun ego, meaning I. I is the greatest…
The Languages Of Early Britain
At the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain, the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family had developed into three…