{"id":26107,"date":"2021-03-23T09:24:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=26107"},"modified":"2021-03-24T12:23:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T16:23:40","slug":"how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find the etymology of a word"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Express the spirit of your words by exploring their origins<\/h2>\n<p>One of the most creative examples of wordplay I\u2019ve ever seen came straight from some good dictionary research. The story: \u201cThe Big No,\u201d Steven Wright\u2019s <em>Esquire<\/em> piece about the suicide of Nirvana\u2019s Kurt Cobain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26109\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png\" data-orig-size=\"453,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image by aga7ta&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word-300x199.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png\" alt=\"How to find the etymology of a word\" title=\"How to find the etymology of a word\" width=\"453\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26109 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png 453w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word-300x199.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 453px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 453\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png\" data-orig-size=\"453,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image by aga7ta&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word-300x199.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png\" alt=\"How to find the etymology of a word\" title=\"How to find the etymology of a word\" width=\"453\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word.png 453w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-find-the-etymology-of-a-word-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From anagrams to verbotomy, try these tools for coining words. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/definition-word-etymology-dictionary-274195121\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by aga7ta<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s the kicker:<\/p>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">In Buddhist thought, to be alive is to be immersed in flame \u2014 the burning of the senses, the burning of the mind, the burning of desire. There is only one treatment for this painful condition we find ourselves in, this suffering life, and that is to extinguish the fire, to blow it out. From the Sanskrit <em>nir<\/em>, or <em>out<\/em>, plus <em>vati<\/em>, or <em>it blows<\/em>: <em>nirvana<\/em>.<\/div>\n<p>The history of ideas is reflected in language. So if you aim to explain ideas, one way is to explain language. That\u2019s why etymology \u2014 the study of word history* \u2014 is such an effective form of wordplay. Looking into the meanings behind and origins of your key words can give your copy depth and context.<\/p>\n<h3>How to write with etymology<\/h3>\n<p>In <em>Demon in the Freezer<\/em>, Richard Preston uses etymology to show the fascinating origins of the word <em>vaccination<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">In the late seventeen-hundreds, the English country doctor Edward Jenner noticed that dairymaids who had contracted cowpox from cows seemed to be protected from catching smallpox, and he thought he would do an experiment. Cowpox (it probably lives in rodents, and only occasionally infects cows) produced a mild disease. On May 14, 1796, Jenner scratched the arm of a boy named James Phipps, introducing into the boy\u2019s arm a droplet of cowpox pus that he\u2019d taken from a blister on the hand of a dairy worker named Sarah Nelmes. A few months later, he scratched the boy\u2019s arm with deadly pus he had taken from a smallpox patient, and the boy didn\u2019t come down with smallpox. The boy had become immune. Jenner had discovered what he called vaccination, after the Latin word for cow.<\/div>\n<p>Siddhartha Mukherjee packs <em>The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer<\/em> with etymological explanations like this one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">The names of ancient illnesses are condensed stories in their own right. <em>Typhus<\/em>, a stormy disease, with erratic, vaporous fevers, arose from the Greek <em>tuphon<\/em>, the father of winds \u2014 a word that also gives rise to the modern <em>typhoon<\/em>. <em>Influenza<\/em> emerged from the Latin <em>influentia<\/em> because medieval doctors imagined that the cyclical epidemics of flu were influenced by stars and planets revolving toward and away from the earth. <em>Tuberculosis<\/em> coagulated out of the Latin <em>tuber<\/em>, referring to the swollen lumps of glands that looked like small vegetables. Lymphatic tuberculosis, TB of the lymph glands, was called <em>scrofula<\/em>, from the Latin word for <em>piglet<\/em>, evoking the rather morbid image of a chain of swollen glands arranged in a line like a group of suckling pigs.<\/div>\n<p>The late, great restaurant reviewer Charles Ferruzza described menu items so well that you felt like licking the newsprint. In one column, Ferruzza used etymological research to explain the origins of one entr\u00e9e\u2019s name:<\/p>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">A couple of visits to the four-month-old Caspian Bistro are a tasty lesson in history, geography and linguistics.<\/p>\n<p>Linguistics? Well, if I hadn\u2019t stuck my fork into a bowl of the slightly bitter beef-and-bean stew known as ghormeh sabzi \u2026 I never would have done a little homework on it. That\u2019s how I discovered that <em>ghormeh<\/em>, the Farsi word for <em>stew<\/em>, spawned the more modern term <em>gourmet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That trivia note came from my copy of <em>The Unofficial Guide to Ethnic Cuisine &amp; Dining in America<\/em>, which suggests that \u201cunsophisticated French Crusaders\u2019 adapted <em>ghormeh<\/em> to describe the lavish consumption of their Muslim enemies in the Holy Land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d call the Caspian Bistro a gourmet venue, but it\u2019s definitely a <em>ghormeh<\/em> heaven \u2026<\/div>\n<p>And Andrew Graham-Dixon used etymology to add additional layers of meaning and context to these three passages from <em>Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">The most serious penalty was reserved for Caravaggio. As well as being sentenced to indefinite exile from Rome, he was condemned as a murderer and made subject to a <em>bando capitale<\/em>, a capital sentence. This meant that anyone in the papal states had the right to kill him with impunity; indeed there was a bounty for anyone who did so. The phrase meant exactly what was indicated by the etymology of its second word, derived from the Latin <em>caput<\/em>. To claim the reward, it would not be necessary to produce the painter\u2019s body. His severed head would suffice.<\/div>\n<h3>How to find the etymology of a word<\/h3>\n<p>To perform an etymological study:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Research etymological dictionaries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some to try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryspot.com\/dictionaries\/etymologydictionaries.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LibrarySpot Etymology Dictionaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westegg.com\/etymology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etymologically Speaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;q=etymology&amp;btnG=Google+Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google\u2019s \u201cetymology\u201d search results<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Any dictionary of the English language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or just Google \u201cetymology of [your keyword].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Look up the root words of your topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explore the history and evolution of your keywords. Get the true sense of how these words were born and evolved over time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Work with those words.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use what you\u2019ve learned to develop more sophisticated wordplay.<\/p>\n<p>As long as you promise to avoid the overused \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/quality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webster\u2019s defines quality as yadda, yadda, yadda \u2026<\/a>,\u201d you can find some terrific material through etymological research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; font-weight:bold;\">How can you use etymological research to add layers of context and meaning to your topic?<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>* You may find word origins and development from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Latin and French words and other romance languages<\/li>\n<li>Modern English or Middle English words<\/li>\n<li>High German and other Germanic languages<\/li>\n<li>Indo-European languages<\/li>\n<li>Modern French words and phrases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Studying a word\u2019s etymology is like a trip around the world via the Oxford English dictionary.<\/p>\n<div id='MC-AOS-PWYW' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"custom_html-31\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><a title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/business-storytelling-training\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storytelling-workshop.png\" alt=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storytelling-workshop.png\" alt=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max\"><\/noscript><\/a><h3>How can you tell better business stories?<\/h3>\r\n<p>Stories are so effective that Og Mandino, the late author of the bestselling <em>The Greatest Salesman in the World<\/em>, says, \u201cIf you have a point, find a story.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Learn to find, develop and write stories that engage readers\u2019 hearts and minds in our <a title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/business-storytelling-training\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Master the Art of Storytelling workshops<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>There, you\u2019ll learn how to find the aha! moment that\u2019s the gateway to every anecdote. 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