EtymologyRules·Jan 30, 2022Money Talks: Almighty Dollar pt. 2A recap from the previous money talk: the word dollar comes from the German word thaler referring to silver. Thus, the original dollar…
EtymologyRules·Jan 1, 2022All About RaceThe word race is ubiquitously known throughout the Western world, particularly the United States. Most people recognize that humans are…
EtymologyRules·Dec 13, 2021Money Talks: Almighty Dollar Pt. 1As an etymologist, I tend to frame everything through a linguistic lens. It is hard for me to simply take a word at face value because I…
EtymologyRules·Apr 3, 2021Matriarchy and gynocracy are the words of the day.Matriarchy comes from the Latin mater meaning mother (the genitive form being matris) and the Greek arkhien meaning “to rule”. A…
EtymologyRules·Mar 20, 20219 New Terms That Emerged As A Result of the PandemicAs with any major historical event or phenomenon, life during COVID calls for new terms. For the majority of Americans…
EtymologyRules·Nov 21, 2020Is DC Chillin’ or DC Changing?: Revitalization versus Gentrification of the Nation’s CapitalBy B. Selah Lee-Bey
EtymologyRules·Aug 5, 2020The Story of BlackfishingBlackfishing: a trend in which non-white people alter their appearance in order to present themselves as Black. (Source: theweek.co)
EtymologyRules·Jul 27, 2020Etymological Musings 2: SpinstersSpinster was originally a female spinner of thread (14th century); it became a legal designation of an unmarried woman, as unmarried women…
EtymologyRules·Jul 24, 2020Etymological Musings 1: Meditate or Mediate?What do the following word pairs have in common: attitude and aptitude; advent and adventure; busy and business; and apparently, people’s…
EtymologyRules·Jun 5, 2020The Language of A Riot“A riot is the language of the unheard. What is it that America has failed to hear?”
