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Flinguistics! The etymology of fireworks etymology linguistics Nov 02, 2022

The Catherine Wheel

The Catherine wheel is a type of spinning pinwheel firework with a bit of a sinister background. Apparently St Catharine...

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The meaning of August etymology linguistics Aug 11, 2022

Over 2000 years ago the Romans had their own calendar (based on the preceeding Greek calendar) which was made up of 12 months. Our calendar today...

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The meaning of May! etymology languages linguistics May 04, 2022

Welcome to May – hopefully it's the start of the summer here in the UK!

Have you noticed that the word for May is very similar in many...

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