In this section, we will explore the fascinating etymologies of flowers, the reproductive structures found in certain plants known as angiosperms. Flowers are typically composed …
Flowers
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Birds
Chicken Cuckoo This bird doesn’t have a name, what it has is a sound. Its name is its call. This is an example of onomatopoeia: …
Geometry
Point On this map we can distinguish four etymological roots: First, there are languages with a Latin-based word. English, for instance, “point” originates from the …
Clothing
Words can travel through space, east-west, from ancient times to modern, from language to language. One of those tripping words in velvet. Before reaching Great …
Weather
Atmosphere Heat Cold
Symbols
Quotation marks Quotation marks, also known as speech marks or inverted commas, play an essential role in written communication by indicating direct speech or quoted …
Time
Day The notion of a “day” may appear straightforward, yet its complexities emerge when considering diverse linguistic and cultural view points. While commonly perceived as …
Cardinal
North / South West / East South
Nothing
A map of the word nothing in several different languages and its etymology
Herbs
Basil, the king This etymology map is about the names of one culinary herb, basil. It comes from βασιλικόν φυτόν (basilikón phutón) “royal (plant)” in Ancient Greek. The …