by Dwane | Nov 20, 2015 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Verbiculture: the production of words. Yep. It’s really a word. From Latin verbum (word) and the Latin verb colo, colere, colui, cultus: to live in, inhabit; till, cultivate, promote growth. Verbiculture, which shows up in almost no dictionaries, was coined in...
by Dwane | Nov 18, 2015 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Cruciverbalist: Someone skilled in the making of, or completion of crossword puzzles. From Latin crux (cross) and verbum (word). And, yes. This is a real word.
by Dwane | Nov 17, 2015 | Education, English, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
This week (and probably next week) my etymology students and I will study the Greek and Latin words for, well, word. I find it fascinating to take a look at every word we study in about ten different languages. All of these languages are somehow related to our very...
