Word Derivatives
C Johnson
My 7 yro son has been asking me all the time why things are called what they are. Like why is zuccini called zuccini? He asks these questions several times a day about all kinds of different things and I am frusterated because I don't know. Does anyone know of a word derivative book or website, so I can answer his questions?
Thanks,
Chrissie
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Chrissie
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SHERRY LANGEVIN
I think there is a book called 'word pillars' but not sure. We did that for a while. It's pretty interesting. Have you checked the wwweb?
Have fun!
I might be wrong but I knew a guy whose last name was zuccini. His paternal grampa was from Italy.
Sherry
C Johnson <piscesmomx3@...> wrote:
My 7 yro son has been asking me all the time why things are called what they are. Like why is zuccini called zuccini? He asks these questions several times a day about all kinds of different things and I am frusterated because I don't know. Does anyone know of a word derivative book or website, so I can answer his questions?
Thanks,
Chrissie
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Have fun!
I might be wrong but I knew a guy whose last name was zuccini. His paternal grampa was from Italy.
Sherry
C Johnson <piscesmomx3@...> wrote:
My 7 yro son has been asking me all the time why things are called what they are. Like why is zuccini called zuccini? He asks these questions several times a day about all kinds of different things and I am frusterated because I don't know. Does anyone know of a word derivative book or website, so I can answer his questions?
Thanks,
Chrissie
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Schuyler
The internet is amazing! I put in etymology of zucchini and found this:
History and etymology
Zucchini, like all summer squash, has its ancestry in the Americas. But
while most summer squash--including the closely related cocozelle and
marrow--were introduced to Europe during the time of European colonization
of the Americas, zucchini is European in origin, the result of spontaneously
occurring mutations (also called sports). In all probability, this occurred
in the very late 19th century, probably near Milan (early varieties usually
included the names of cities in the area in the name). Courgette comes from
the French name of the fruit, with the same spelling. It is a diminutive of
courge, meaning squash. While "zucca" is the Italian word for squash, and
the feminine diminutive plural "zucchine" is preferred in most areas of
Italy, the male diminutive plural "zucchini" is used in other areas of
Italy, Australia, and the United States. The first records of zucchini in
the United States date to the early 1920s. It was almost certainly brought
over by Italian immigrants, and probably got its start in California.
It was at http://www.answers.com/topic/zucchini?cat=health
Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com
History and etymology
Zucchini, like all summer squash, has its ancestry in the Americas. But
while most summer squash--including the closely related cocozelle and
marrow--were introduced to Europe during the time of European colonization
of the Americas, zucchini is European in origin, the result of spontaneously
occurring mutations (also called sports). In all probability, this occurred
in the very late 19th century, probably near Milan (early varieties usually
included the names of cities in the area in the name). Courgette comes from
the French name of the fruit, with the same spelling. It is a diminutive of
courge, meaning squash. While "zucca" is the Italian word for squash, and
the feminine diminutive plural "zucchine" is preferred in most areas of
Italy, the male diminutive plural "zucchini" is used in other areas of
Italy, Australia, and the United States. The first records of zucchini in
the United States date to the early 1920s. It was almost certainly brought
over by Italian immigrants, and probably got its start in California.
It was at http://www.answers.com/topic/zucchini?cat=health
Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com
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From: "C Johnson" <piscesmomx3@...>
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Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Word Derivatives
> My 7 yro son has been asking me all the time why things are called what
> they are. Like why is zuccini called zuccini? He asks these questions
> several times a day about all kinds of different things and I am
> frusterated because I don't know. Does anyone know of a word derivative
> book or website, so I can answer his questions?
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> Thanks,
> Chrissie
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Pamela Sorooshian
I'd google it. Quicker, more fun, you never know what you're going to
find!
I googled - word origin zucchini - and got this cool page:
<http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/FOOD_IS_ART_II/food_history_and_facts/
zucchini_summer_squash.html>
-pam
find!
I googled - word origin zucchini - and got this cool page:
<http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/FOOD_IS_ART_II/food_history_and_facts/
zucchini_summer_squash.html>
-pam
On Jun 18, 2007, at 12:19 PM, C Johnson wrote:
> My 7 yro son has been asking me all the time why things are called
> what they are. Like why is zuccini called zuccini? He asks these
> questions several times a day about all kinds of different things
> and I am frusterated because I don't know. Does anyone know of a
> word derivative book or website, so I can answer his questions?
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Sandra Dodd
http://sandradodd.com/etymology
It might be fun for him if you bring up a few stories just for fun, too.
I was mid-teens before I realized that "trailer" meant something that
trails behind. Sometimes the meaning of a word is right there but we
hear the word so much we don't think of it. Outhouse. Carport.
With google you can put in any word and then the word "etymology" and
get some history of the word, or go to etymonline.com and mess around
there.
Often a dictionary will have the word history in a kind of code at
the end of the word, if you're near dictionaries but not the
internet. You'll mostly need to figure out that dictionary's
abbreviations for older languages, like some will say L for Latin but
there might be LL (late Latin) and VL (vulgar latin, meaning everyday
rather than nasty; everyday as opposed to church-Latin), and some
have AS for Anglo Saxon (some older dictionaries) instead of the more
recently common OE (Old English). Gmc means Germanic, probably
(meaning not from German, but from the same parent language as German).
Sandra
It might be fun for him if you bring up a few stories just for fun, too.
I was mid-teens before I realized that "trailer" meant something that
trails behind. Sometimes the meaning of a word is right there but we
hear the word so much we don't think of it. Outhouse. Carport.
With google you can put in any word and then the word "etymology" and
get some history of the word, or go to etymonline.com and mess around
there.
Often a dictionary will have the word history in a kind of code at
the end of the word, if you're near dictionaries but not the
internet. You'll mostly need to figure out that dictionary's
abbreviations for older languages, like some will say L for Latin but
there might be LL (late Latin) and VL (vulgar latin, meaning everyday
rather than nasty; everyday as opposed to church-Latin), and some
have AS for Anglo Saxon (some older dictionaries) instead of the more
recently common OE (Old English). Gmc means Germanic, probably
(meaning not from German, but from the same parent language as German).
Sandra
C Johnson
Thank you. He loves stories. He understands meanings, just not why a car is called car, for example. It is very cool to see how he embraces a word he doesn't know. I'm just happy with knowing the definition, but he wants to know everything he can about it.
BB,
Chrissie
Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
http://sandradodd.com/etymology
It might be fun for him if you bring up a few stories just for fun, too.
I was mid-teens before I realized that "trailer" meant something that
trails behind. Sometimes the meaning of a word is right there but we
hear the word so much we don't think of it. Outhouse. Carport.
With google you can put in any word and then the word "etymology" and
get some history of the word, or go to etymonline.com and mess around
there.
Often a dictionary will have the word history in a kind of code at
the end of the word, if you're near dictionaries but not the
internet. You'll mostly need to figure out that dictionary's
abbreviations for older languages, like some will say L for Latin but
there might be LL (late Latin) and VL (vulgar latin, meaning everyday
rather than nasty; everyday as opposed to church-Latin), and some
have AS for Anglo Saxon (some older dictionaries) instead of the more
recently common OE (Old English). Gmc means Germanic, probably
(meaning not from German, but from the same parent language as German).
Sandra
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BB,
Chrissie
Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
http://sandradodd.com/etymology
It might be fun for him if you bring up a few stories just for fun, too.
I was mid-teens before I realized that "trailer" meant something that
trails behind. Sometimes the meaning of a word is right there but we
hear the word so much we don't think of it. Outhouse. Carport.
With google you can put in any word and then the word "etymology" and
get some history of the word, or go to etymonline.com and mess around
there.
Often a dictionary will have the word history in a kind of code at
the end of the word, if you're near dictionaries but not the
internet. You'll mostly need to figure out that dictionary's
abbreviations for older languages, like some will say L for Latin but
there might be LL (late Latin) and VL (vulgar latin, meaning everyday
rather than nasty; everyday as opposed to church-Latin), and some
have AS for Anglo Saxon (some older dictionaries) instead of the more
recently common OE (Old English). Gmc means Germanic, probably
(meaning not from German, but from the same parent language as German).
Sandra
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time you have been given." Gandalf
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C Johnson
I checked on ask.com and was not impressed with the results, so I decided to ask you guys :). I guess it's time to start using Google.
BB,
Chrissie
SHERRY LANGEVIN <luckymermaid@...> wrote:
I think there is a book called 'word pillars' but not sure. We did that for a while. It's pretty interesting. Have you checked the wwweb?
Have fun!
I might be wrong but I knew a guy whose last name was zuccini. His paternal grampa was from Italy.
Sherry
C Johnson <piscesmomx3@...> wrote:
My 7 yro son has been asking me all the time why things are called what they are. Like why is zuccini called zuccini? He asks these questions several times a day about all kinds of different things and I am frusterated because I don't know. Does anyone know of a word derivative book or website, so I can answer his questions?
Thanks,
Chrissie
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BB,
Chrissie
SHERRY LANGEVIN <luckymermaid@...> wrote:
I think there is a book called 'word pillars' but not sure. We did that for a while. It's pretty interesting. Have you checked the wwweb?
Have fun!
I might be wrong but I knew a guy whose last name was zuccini. His paternal grampa was from Italy.
Sherry
C Johnson <piscesmomx3@...> wrote:
My 7 yro son has been asking me all the time why things are called what they are. Like why is zuccini called zuccini? He asks these questions several times a day about all kinds of different things and I am frusterated because I don't know. Does anyone know of a word derivative book or website, so I can answer his questions?
Thanks,
Chrissie
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Sandra Dodd
-=-He understands meanings, just not why a car is called car, for
example.-=-
I've never looked it up, but my first guess would be it's short for
"carriage."
Or related to "cart" (which might also be related to carriage/carry).
If the guess is wrong, it's still fun to try to figure it out.
Sandra
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example.-=-
I've never looked it up, but my first guess would be it's short for
"carriage."
Or related to "cart" (which might also be related to carriage/carry).
If the guess is wrong, it's still fun to try to figure it out.
Sandra
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