by Dwane | Mar 27, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
Cavalry: Once upon a time, soldiers who fought on horseback. These days, soldiers who fight from armored vehicles. Cavalry made its way into the English language from French. The French word cavalerie likely came from Italian cavalleria. Naturally, cavalleria...
by Dwane | Mar 26, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin
Cavalier Well, this word is tricky. Better to begin with the etymology. Cavalier comes from the Latin word caballarius, meaning, a horseman. Caballarius derives from the Latin word for horse, caballus. Caballus is the common, Vulgar Latin word for horse. It...
by Dwane | Mar 26, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Hippogriff: A fabulous animal or monster, half horse and half griffon. I have to be honest. I question their existence. In the Harry Potter series, Buckbeak is a hippogriff. The U.S. Air Force, 50th Space Wing uses a hippogriff as their symbol. The word comes from...
by Dwane | Mar 21, 2015 | Tip of the Week
Think Outside the Border Tip #11 – Use the Right Word! If you are not sure about the meaning of a word, do not use the word. People notice. Consider this example from the book, How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You Pretend to Understand When...
by Dwane | Mar 17, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Equidae: the scientific term for the horse family. Equidae is a taxonomic family containing horses and related animals. All the related animals are extinct, except those in the family Equus. The Equus family includes horses, zebras, donkeys, and onagers. Not sure...
