In this Adventure in Etymology were looking into the origins of the word guide. Guide [ad] means: Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and of

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Mono-Alu, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on Mono, Alu and Fauro islands in the Solomon Islands. Marovo, a

In this episode we discover Romance scythes in a stack of Celtic pins and needles. The Proto-Celtic word *delgos means pin or needle. It comes from Proto-Indo-European *delg- (sting) [source]. Relate

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Iranun, a Danao language spoken mainly in the southwest of Mindanao island in the south of the Philippines. Onhan

In this Adventure in Etymology were looking into the origins of the word quagmire. A quagmire [kw.mar/kw.mar] is: A swampy, soggy area of ground. A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation;

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Nishi (Nyishi / ), a Western Tani language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in northeastern India. Khe

In this episode we discover Celtic roots of the name Paris. Paris is the capital of France and the centre of the le-de-France or Paris Region. From about 250 BC, the area, particularly the le de la

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Bahing (), a Western Kiranti language spoken in the west of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal. Jirel (

In this Adventure in Etymology were stirring up the origins of the word storm, as its been quite stormful (abounding in storms, stormy) here in the UK recently. A storm [stm/stm] is: an extreme

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Kagate / Syuba (), a Tibetic language spoken in Bagmati Province in eastern Nepal. Chan (Lantk Ya), a C