Another interesting word is 'log' which we use daily in a digital sense but it has a very physical nautical origin: log: "from log (n.1) which is so called bec

Another interesting word is 'log' which we use daily in a digital sense but it has a very physical nautical origin: log: "from log (n.1) which is so called because a wooden float at the end of a line was cast out to measure a ship's speed. General sense by 1913." Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=log&allowed_in_frame=0 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=log&allowed_in_...