Connoisseurs of language approach an unfamiliar word in the same way wine lovers savor a glass of fine vintage. They examine ...

Even if you’re not a full-blown grammar nerd, you’ll find the origins of these words that changed meaning over time completely fascinating The English language is alive—and like any living thing, it ...

Although "dog" is ubiquitous today to describe man's best friend, it remains a mystery where the word originally came from.

The word "eavesdrop" refers to someone who would stand under drops coming from a roof's eaves to listen to conversations. "Whiskey" comes from the Gaelic for "water of life." "Sarcasm" comes from the ...

“Every word was coined by a resourceful individual or borrowed as a result of language contact in a certain place at a certain time,” writes Anatoly Liberman in his new book, “Word Origins and How We ...