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

In this episode we discover the soft and tender Celtic roots of the word bog. A bog is an area of decayed vegetation which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking on, and comes from Middle Engl

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Darmiya (Darma), a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India. Sengele (ksng

In this Adventure in Etymology were looking into the origins of the word procrastination, unless I start procrastinating, as often happens. Procrastination [pks.tne.n] is: The act of postp

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New adapated script: Penobscot Syllabics (), which a way, devised by Connor Flood, to use Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics to write Penobscot

In this episode we discover the Celtic roots of words like barnacle. The Proto-Celtic word *barinkos means barnacle or limpet It comes from the Proto-Celtic *barin (rocky ground), and *-kos (involv

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Choni (), a Tibetic language spoken Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Gansu Province

In this adventure, were looking into the origins of the word lagniappe. A lagniappe [lnjp] is: An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: North Teke (Latege), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the southeast of Gabon, and also in the east of The Republ

In this episode, we unfold the possible Celtic roots of the word brochure, and find out what it has to do with badgers. The word brochure comes from French brochure (brocade, needlework, brochure, boo