Mapping the different anatomical terms across many foreign languages, like arm, finger, foot, leg and toe.
The Body
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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 …
Health
A goddess: While the Greeks had, Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius, Romans had Salus, the goddess of safety and well-being (welfare, health, and prosperity) of both …
Metro Spain
What if Spain’s transport system were a metro transit map? One possibility is shown above. Spain’s transport structure inherited the radial distribution, centered in Madrid, …
National names
Nations’ names might change from language to another. Let’s see the patterns
Hospital
The etymologies of hospital and hotel
Spanish toponyms
Slug
Gastropods: When we talk about slugs, we need to talk about snails as well. Both belong to the class gastropods, a term invented by Georges Cuvier in …
Nurse
There are still some languages missing or their etymologies unknown. If you know them, you can comment bellow.
Law
The translation of “law” to other European languages faces several difficulties. In most European languages, as well as some others influenced by European languages, there …