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Moss WizardGot curious about the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> of “ramifications”: it comes from “ramify”, to branch out, from ramus, Latin for branch. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a>

Wordorigins.organtisemitism vs. anti-Semitism<a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/harmless-drudge/antisemitism-vs-anti-semitism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wordorigins.org/harmless-drudge/antisemitism-vs-anti-semitism</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grammar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/usage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a>

AnnaAnthroLol - When even the linguists are backing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>….<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> of the word ‘sovereignty’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elbowsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elbowsup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="http://youtube.com/post/UgkxLR9S6gCebu371G_ol7Bpw9oWXDE0K5La?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/post/UgkxLR9S6gCebu371G_ol7Bpw9oWXDE0K5La?feature=shared</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotThe <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ConnectedAtBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConnectedAtBirth</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> of the week is SOVEREIGNTY/HYPERBOLIC/OVERBEARING <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wotd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/hyperbolic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hyperbolic</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/overbearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overbearing</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotHappy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StPatricksDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StPatricksDay</a>! It may be a rather obvious topic, but this old video about the Potato might be just the tasty morsel you’re looking for today!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPQ8zFUipw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPQ8zFUipw</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/StPatricksDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StPatricksDay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StPaddysDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StPaddysDay</a>

N-gated Hacker News🤖 Behold, the AI-powered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> oracle that "guesses" fake words better than your average toddler! 🚀 With all the finesse of a malfunctioning Etch A Sketch, it offers the thrill of node-juggling and edge-toggling—because who doesn't love a pointless game of digital hopscotch? Just remember, it's great at errors, so keep that double-checking finger warmed up! 🤦‍♂️✨ <a href="https://deconstructor.ayush.digital/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deconstructor.ayush.digital/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FunTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FunTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

Hacker NewsA AI etymology deconstructor – can guess fake words<a href="https://deconstructor.ayush.digital/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deconstructor.ayush.digital/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakewords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fakewords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deconstructor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deconstructor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#innovation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋🔴 **“Orientate”**🔗 <a href="https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/2025/03/16/orientate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/2025/03/16/orientate/</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a>

雾浓香鸭俄语的мир有“和平”和“世界”两个意思。这种双重含义是斯拉夫语独有的。 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slavic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slavic</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotHappy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Holi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Holi</a> to those celebrating! It seems like our video on all the colour words would be an appropriate thing to watch for the occasion. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDc5J2LD08" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDc5J2LD08</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Holi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Holi</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LingComm</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotHappy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PiDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PiDay</a>! As has become traditional around here, we’re celebrating by sharing a video about our own particular brand of PIE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oqTLtxqEo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oqTLtxqEo</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PiDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PiDay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LingComm</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotIt’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CelebrateScientistsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelebrateScientistsDay</a>! So we’d like to share an older video in which we celebrate the life, inventions, connections, poems, and word coinages of a fascinating early scientist, and tireless science educator, Erasmus Darwin. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ScienceEducationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceEducationDay</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR78TpW4wkc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR78TpW4wkc</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/CelebrateScientistsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelebrateScientistsDay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ScienceEducationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceEducationDay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LingComm</a>

Wordorigins.orgvirus / viral<a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/virus-viral" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/virus-viral</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordorigins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computers</a>

Arthur Hau, PhD🐶🐱🌱🎵🦣Will <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/AIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIs</a> become more powerful than humans in the future? Most definitely. But AIs are my friends, not my enemies. I can learn any kind of knowledge much faster with the help of AIs. Future humans may not rely on human teachers, but AIs to learn. I asked <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemini</a> to generate a table of <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japanese</a> words related to dates, days, and time. I asked it to distinguish and explain between ambiguous Japanese words and their <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a>. <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#learning</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a>

Sławomir WójcikJust like "tsar" is an Eastern Slavic variation of "caesar", "Iskander" is an Arabic and/or Turkish (don't quote me on that) variation of "Alexander". Think of it next time when you hear about russian Iskander missiles threatening Europe 😉 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a>

Wordorigins.orgslim (and slim customers)<a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/slim" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/slim</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordorigins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a>

Stefan BohacekThis feels like one of those things I already knew and just forgot about."When retired British army captain Charles Boycott, acting as an agent for an absentee landlord, tried to evict tenant farmers for refusing to pay their rent, he was ostracized by the [Land League] and community. [...] Boycott’s fate was soon well known, and his name became a byword for that particular protest strategy"<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boycott" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boycott</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott</a><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boycott</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/WordOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOrigin</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotToday is <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CommonwealthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommonwealthDay</a> so the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ConnectedAtBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConnectedAtBirth</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> of the week is COMMONWEALTH/MUTUAL/MAD/WILL <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wotd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Commonwealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commonwealth</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/mutual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mutual</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/mad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mad</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/will" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#will</a>

FINOkoyeIs there any relationship between the Mande word 'jugu' for 'dangerous' and 'juju' in other west African (mostly thinking Igbo but I've heard the word used by other speakers so I suspect it's either not actually Igbo, or one of those 'pan-African' terms) languages?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricanLanguages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfricanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricanHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a>

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