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  • Etymologic: the toughest etymology (word origin) game on the Web

    I am fascinated with the etymological studies. Etymology is the study of the history of words -- when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed. In languages with a long written history, etymology makes use of philology, the study of how words change... more

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  • Reviewed by warriorkitty on Oct 22, 2:35am

    that was fun and totally useless - which is why it was fun! :)

  • Rated by geniuswaitress on Oct 17, 5:48pm

    My Linguistics classes were apparently useless.

  • Rated by Tarnished on Sep 22, 10:34am

    Interesting- anyone got my spare brain?

  • Rated by silverweb on Sep 01, 4:05pm

    After playing this intriguing and instructive linguistic game, how about a game of "What would the English Language be if all of the words from {which ever language you choose} were removed?" Seriously thought-provoking. Many people don't actually know the origins of words which are used every day. Trust the English major on this one....it matters. A bit of insight in this direction just might cause some people to re-think some ideas they might have.

  • Rated by arthurnw on Jul 31, 8:53am

    A fun time-waster (not to trivialize it), it can be pretty difficult. You can try all you want to logic your way through it, but you'll probably end up guessing. You'll definitely learn a few things.

  • Rated by insyen on Jul 16, 4:43am

    n this etymology game you'll be presented with 10 randomly selected etymology (word origin) or word definition puzzles to solve; in each case the word or phrase is highlighted in bold, and a number of possible answers will be presented. You need to choose the correct answer to score a point for that question. Beware! The false answers will often also seem quite plausible, and some of the true answers are hard to believe, but we have documentation! Oh, and in case you're wondering, the word etymology comes from the Greek word 'etymos', which means real, or true, and the -ology ending indicates that it's the study of, or science of. Put them together and you get the study or science of the real or true. Impressive, eh?

  • Rated by Aghelly on Jul 14, 9:03pm

    pander - From Pandarus, who acted as go-between for Troilus and Cressida during the Trojan War (Boccaccio). and soteriology - Study of the salvation of the eternal soul. really threw me... "pander" in particular since I always thought it came from "Pan"...