Quotes Tagged With :etymology

The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered....

Where would you be without etymology'? Lea asked sarcastically.'I think I might find words a little less....

The name Eve/Eab/Age stems from the Latin aetas, which is from aevum, “lifetime.” The word aetas....

Refer me to one atheist who denies the existence of God.... Etymologically, as well as philosophically,....

For a great many skeptics are put to waste. But this is meant in the sense that which they vainly focus....

The bridge between the words glamour and grammar is magic. According to the OED, glamour evolved through....

I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical....

The author relates that the word "OBSCENE" springs from the concept in Greek drama that certain actions....

Terrorism is the use of violence or intimidation in the pursuit of a political aim. The highest political....

If you look up 'atheism' in the dictionary, you will probably find it defined as the belief that there....