Hacker News with Generative AI: Etymology

A brief history of the word "fuck" (lithub.com)
In all of English there are few words rich enough in their history and variety of use to warrant a dedicated dictionary that runs to hundreds of pages and multiple editions.
Language, History, Linguistics, Etymology, Vulgar Language
38 points by tintinnabula 13 days ago | 21 comments
Indo-European Words for 'Name' (starkeycomics.com)
I’ve created a huge tree to show the relationship between 64 living Indo-European languages, and many dead or extinct ones.With this template I’m planning on making a series of images to show how various words in these languages have shared etymologies. This is the first image in that series: words for “name”.
Linguistics, Etymology, Language Evolution, Indo-European Languages
6 points by clockworksoul 29 days ago | 2 comments
The long history of the word 'weird' (mentalfloss.com)
Language, History, Etymology
17 points by drdee 87 days ago | 18 comments
Five common English words we don't know the origins of–including 'boy' and 'dog' (phys.org)
Etymology, Language, English Language, History, Words
57 points by bikenaga 139 days ago | 67 comments
Tekton, the ancient Greek word for artisan (wikipedia.org)
Language, History, Etymology
4 points by manlobster 143 days ago | 2 comments
The Bloody History of 'Deadline' (merriam-webster.com)
History, Linguistics, Etymology
113 points by yamrzou 200 days ago | 21 comments
What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017) (merriam-webster.com)
Language, Vocabulary, Word Usage, Etymology, Dictionaries
220 points by rglullis 206 days ago | 325 comments