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 …
Puppets
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). …
The Body
Mapping the different anatomical terms across many foreign languages, like arm, finger, foot, leg and toe.
Our Galaxy
the name of our galaxy in different languages
Map / Carte
The word map in various languages originates from two main etymological roots with a fascinating and diverse distribution. The first root comes from the Latin …
Syringe
In English, the word syringe comes from the French seringue, which itself is borrowed from Latin. Many languages share this origin, including Portuguese (seringa) and …
Eight & Night
The words “eight” and “night” are not etymologically related but phonetically in some languages there are very similar.
Prague
Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic and is divided into 10 municipal districts (1-10), 22 administrative districts (1-22), and 57 municipal parts. In …
Capital cities
Pharmacy
The English term pharmacy traces its roots to the Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía), which encompasses the notion of preparing, compounding, and dispensing drugs, in Greek …