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In the same vein, one of my favorite etymologies is the origin of the word "pedant": "derived from Greek παιδαγωγός, paidagōgós, παιδ- "child" + ἀγειν "to lead
by pcrh 9y ago
In the same vein, one of my favorite etymologies is the origin of the word "pedant":
"derived from Greek παιδαγωγός, paidagōgós, παιδ- "child" + ἀγειν "to lead", which originally referred to a slave who escorted children to and from school"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant
- flukus 9y agoA darker one I heard recently is "boondocks", it's a Tagalog/Philipino word that came into English to basically mean everywhere outside the US concentration camps in the Philippines. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=boondocks http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=boondocks