Aug 3, 2012 · Woman used to be wifman, a combination of wif, meaning "woman" (whence wife), and man in the meaning "human being". Female, on the other hand, comes from Latin femella …

Here is an example of a directed graph: It works in multiple languages, providing etymology data, descendants, related words and more. It also has a pretty quick search, and the index is …

Please see Title. I'm not specifically referring to which language they came from... but if they come from something else. In other words, do they come from words with other meanings. For …

Aug 5, 2010 · The Choctaw etymology remained more esoteric common knowledge until Woodrow Wilson's time, and continued to be common knowledge until Read purposefully …

I know it originates from "head shrinking", but it doesn't help me a lot to understand the etymology. Why are psychiatrists called that? Is it like "my head is swollen [from anguish, …

What’s the difference between the suffixes -gram and -graph? Is there any difference? Even if they are completely synonymous, what’s the difference in etymology? For example, pictograph …

Aug 3, 2014 · The question of the etymology of hello is a fascinating puzzle. According to the the OED it was originally an Americanism derived from the British hallo which has its origins in the …

You are correct, they are from Latin and Greek, we have simply inherited terms from both. There is a good reference for Latin and Greek roots over at Wikipedia: Uni meaning one: un-, uni- …

Jul 3, 2011 · It has nothing to do with modern "grates" but everything to do with gratitude, since it's the state of feeling gratitude towards someone or something. Grateful and gratitude, …

Feb 21, 2011 · The answers are above, but Barnhart's Dictionary of Etymology offers a bit more: Old English had a concurrent open compound halig daeg, found later in Middle English holy …