by Dwane | Apr 9, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Chiropodist: a podiatrist. The word chiropodist has essentially dropped from English. It lost its job to podiatrist. A chiropodist was a hand and foot doctor. The word comes from the Greek words for hand, χείρ (pronounced, kheir) and foot, ποδός (pronounced,...
by Dwane | Mar 24, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek
Hippiatrist: a horse healer. A hippiatrist is someone skilled in the treatment of horse diseases. This word comes from the Greek word for horse ιππος, (hippos), and the old Greek word for doctor ἰατρός, (iatros). According to Gary Larson, you may not want to visit a...
