The etymology of the word “wall” reveals intriguing linguistic borders. Broadly categorized, these etymological origins fall into three main groups: those derived from Latin “murus” …
Linguistic walls
Waterways
Mediterranean Sea English Channel Suez Canal
Cartoons
The names of international cartoon characters usually are maintained in the original language, but sometimes they are translated into the local language. In general, the …
National tools
Even technical words are subject to cultural differences across languages. Adaptable wrench or spanner is a good example of national ideas and the origin of …
Kinship
Mapping the words for kinship and family members in different language: sibling, brother, sister, aunt, uncle
Coronavirus
All languages use a term derived from two Latin words: corona and virus. The second part came from Latin vīrus “poisonous substance ” especially a …
Drink a toast
It might sound too obvious that when we raise our glasses and we toast, we do to it for our health. Here is a map …
Censure
A collection of maps about topics which are not for all audiences.
Puppets
Kermit From the mind of Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppet Show, Sesame Street, and Fragel Rock, emerged a collection of puppets who now …
Vaccine
The Great Smallpox problem Before injections, existed other methods, the earliest one was inoculation from the Latin in+oculus (in+eye), Czech and Slovak calque this word (očko, eye). …