Word-Origin Wednesday
The Grammar Geek
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Word-Origin Wednesday is the weekly podcast that walks you through a word origin in five minutes or less.
Recent Episodes
OCT 30, 2019
Ghost and Ghoul (Word-Origin Wednesday)
"Ghost" is a pretty old word. "Ghoul," as an Engl…
4 MIN
OCT 23, 2019
October (Word-Origin Wednesday)
The names of "October" and a few other months mak…
2 MIN
OCT 16, 2019
Sympathy (Word-Origin Wednesday)
The everyday meaning of "sympathy" has shifted ov…
4 MIN
OCT 9, 2019
Hysterical (Word-Origin Wednesday)
Before it entered everyday English, "hysterical" …
4 MIN
OCT 2, 2019
Autumn and Fall (Word-Origin Wednesday)
Do you say "autumn" or "fall" to describe the sea…
4 MIN
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