origins of words
kayb85
My daughter is asking lots of questions about the origins of words.
Like, "Why do they call a hat a hat or why do they call incense
incenese? Why is our heart called a heart?" She's 10 and not likely
to be looking stuff like that up on the internet on her own. Are
there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help her
out with her questions?
Sheila
Like, "Why do they call a hat a hat or why do they call incense
incenese? Why is our heart called a heart?" She's 10 and not likely
to be looking stuff like that up on the internet on her own. Are
there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help her
out with her questions?
Sheila
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Are
there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help her
out with her questions?
http://www.mindwareonline.com/mwstore/searchrslts_fp.cfm?CurrentPage=1&&DID=1&
FILTER=word%20origins
I was looking at the mindware catalogue the other day and remembered some
things in there. Here's the search results for word origins. I love this sort
of thing!
Elizabeth
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there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help her
out with her questions?
http://www.mindwareonline.com/mwstore/searchrslts_fp.cfm?CurrentPage=1&&DID=1&
FILTER=word%20origins
I was looking at the mindware catalogue the other day and remembered some
things in there. Here's the search results for word origins. I love this sort
of thing!
Elizabeth
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In a message dated 11/20/2003 2:44:18 PM Mountain Standard Time,
sheran@... writes:
My daughter is asking lots of questions about the origins of words.
Like, "Why do they call a hat a hat or why do they call incense
incenese? Why is our heart called a heart?" She's 10 and not likely
to be looking stuff like that up on the internet on her own. Are
there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help her
out with her questions?
Internet search (google or whatever you like) for the word and "etymology"
should get you something.
Incense has to do with burning.
Heart might be related to "aorta" (another many-vowels, only one "t" word)
and is definitely related to other meaning that mean the center, living middle
of something. "The heart of the matter," or "the heart of a tree." It's
probably so old it will be related to other languages' words, but not likely to
have a clear beginning.
Same with hat.
On the other hand, in the American heritage dictionary there are some great
connections in the indo-european roots section for "book" and "ship," both old,
short "four-letter Saxon words."
Maybe looking up Indo-European roots would get you some good trivia too.
Sandra
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sheran@... writes:
My daughter is asking lots of questions about the origins of words.
Like, "Why do they call a hat a hat or why do they call incense
incenese? Why is our heart called a heart?" She's 10 and not likely
to be looking stuff like that up on the internet on her own. Are
there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help her
out with her questions?
Internet search (google or whatever you like) for the word and "etymology"
should get you something.
Incense has to do with burning.
Heart might be related to "aorta" (another many-vowels, only one "t" word)
and is definitely related to other meaning that mean the center, living middle
of something. "The heart of the matter," or "the heart of a tree." It's
probably so old it will be related to other languages' words, but not likely to
have a clear beginning.
Same with hat.
On the other hand, in the American heritage dictionary there are some great
connections in the indo-european roots section for "book" and "ship," both old,
short "four-letter Saxon words."
Maybe looking up Indo-European roots would get you some good trivia too.
Sandra
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joylyn
One great book that deals with this is Frindle. It's a quick read, OK
for kids of all ages, and is a cute book.
Joylyn
SandraDodd@... wrote:
for kids of all ages, and is a cute book.
Joylyn
SandraDodd@... wrote:
> In a message dated 11/20/2003 2:44:18 PM Mountain Standard Time,[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> sheran@... writes:
> My daughter is asking lots of questions about the origins of words.
> Like, "Why do they call a hat a hat or why do they call incense
> incenese? Why is our heart called a heart?" She's 10 and not likely
> to be looking stuff like that up on the internet on her own. Are
> there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help her
> out with her questions?
> Internet search (google or whatever you like) for the word and
> "etymology"
> should get you something.
>
> Incense has to do with burning.
> Heart might be related to "aorta" (another many-vowels, only one "t"
> word)
> and is definitely related to other meaning that mean the center,
> living middle
> of something. "The heart of the matter," or "the heart of a tree."
> It's
> probably so old it will be related to other languages' words, but not
> likely to
> have a clear beginning.
>
> Same with hat.
>
> On the other hand, in the American heritage dictionary there are some
> great
> connections in the indo-european roots section for "book" and "ship,"
> both old,
> short "four-letter Saxon words."
>
> Maybe looking up Indo-European roots would get you some good trivia too.
>
> Sandra
>
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Heidi
I don't have any links or resources on word origins, but your
question reminded me of a morning many years ago, when we first
started homeschooling. My younger kids were little, and my oldest was
about 7, and we were looking through the dictionary to get a good
definition of courage.
The etymology of the word was there, part of which is "couer" (heart
in French)...I said "Look at this. Couer means heart in French. Couer
darling daughter said "From France!"
lol lol
blessings, HeidiC
--- In [email protected], "kayb85" <sheran@p...>
wrote:
question reminded me of a morning many years ago, when we first
started homeschooling. My younger kids were little, and my oldest was
about 7, and we were looking through the dictionary to get a good
definition of courage.
The etymology of the word was there, part of which is "couer" (heart
in French)...I said "Look at this. Couer means heart in French. Couer
>>courage...so where does courage come from?"With her eyes bright, and a sort of "aha!" look on her face, my
darling daughter said "From France!"
lol lol
blessings, HeidiC
--- In [email protected], "kayb85" <sheran@p...>
wrote:
> My daughter is asking lots of questions about the origins ofwords.
> Like, "Why do they call a hat a hat or why do they call incenselikely
> incenese? Why is our heart called a heart?" She's 10 and not
> to be looking stuff like that up on the internet on her own. Areher
> there any fun games or books that she would enjoy that would help
> out with her questions?
>
> Sheila
[email protected]
bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
last spring, during the height of the Freedom Fries movement. The NPR link below
should take you to the Real Audio of this short program (maybe four or five
minutes long, as I recall) and children of any age might enjoy hearing this
golden-throated linguist explain how tangled the origin of common words can get.
:) JJ
Posted at NHEN Forums April 24 2003 :
In this era of Freedom Fries and a rising European backlash against English
words, comes a five-minute segment on National Public Radio's April 23 "Fresh
Air with Terry Gross" show, in which linguist and author Geoff Numberg of
Stanford traces the real roots of -- and political reasons for objecting to -- word
adoption across cultures, and explains how various words become part of
public discourse regardless of campaigns urging citizens to do otherwise.
Homeschool activists focused on how use of the word "homeschooling" could
affect legislation, and what if anything could be done about it, may find
Numberg's observation of the connections between language use and politics relevant.
Hear the audio column by the author
<A HREF="http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=FA&showDate=23-Apr-2003&segNum=2&mediaPref=RM">http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=FA&showDate=23-Apr-2003&segNum=2&
mediaPref=RM</A>
Quotes: "These language wars are really intended as symbolic actions. . ."
"Linguistic exercises are almost always intended for a domestic audience.."
(the context of this was to say that the demand for Germans to stop using
English words won't send any message to Americans and isn't really meant to -- it
is meant to "reproach Germans" for inadequate linguistic patriotism)
".. but it's important to demonstrate solidarity, not chauvinism . . ." (the
context of this was noting that the German campaign calls for replacing
English with French words rather than demanding a return to the original German
words, because politically this deflects concern that some purity or purge is the
goal, and helps to cast the effort as a sort of alliance across friendly
interests, instead of just being isolationist.
http://www.nhen.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=386
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> my oldest wasLOL - speaking of France, there was some good radio on the origin of words
> about 7, and we were looking through the dictionary to get a good
> definition of courage.
>
> The etymology of the word was there, part of which is "couer" (heart
> in French)...I said "Look at this. Couer means heart in French. Couer
> >>courage...so where does courage come from?"
>
> With her eyes bright, and a sort of "aha!" look on her face, my
> darling daughter said "From France!"
>
last spring, during the height of the Freedom Fries movement. The NPR link below
should take you to the Real Audio of this short program (maybe four or five
minutes long, as I recall) and children of any age might enjoy hearing this
golden-throated linguist explain how tangled the origin of common words can get.
:) JJ
Posted at NHEN Forums April 24 2003 :
In this era of Freedom Fries and a rising European backlash against English
words, comes a five-minute segment on National Public Radio's April 23 "Fresh
Air with Terry Gross" show, in which linguist and author Geoff Numberg of
Stanford traces the real roots of -- and political reasons for objecting to -- word
adoption across cultures, and explains how various words become part of
public discourse regardless of campaigns urging citizens to do otherwise.
Homeschool activists focused on how use of the word "homeschooling" could
affect legislation, and what if anything could be done about it, may find
Numberg's observation of the connections between language use and politics relevant.
Hear the audio column by the author
<A HREF="http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=FA&showDate=23-Apr-2003&segNum=2&mediaPref=RM">http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=FA&showDate=23-Apr-2003&segNum=2&
mediaPref=RM</A>
Quotes: "These language wars are really intended as symbolic actions. . ."
"Linguistic exercises are almost always intended for a domestic audience.."
(the context of this was to say that the demand for Germans to stop using
English words won't send any message to Americans and isn't really meant to -- it
is meant to "reproach Germans" for inadequate linguistic patriotism)
".. but it's important to demonstrate solidarity, not chauvinism . . ." (the
context of this was noting that the German campaign calls for replacing
English with French words rather than demanding a return to the original German
words, because politically this deflects concern that some purity or purge is the
goal, and helps to cast the effort as a sort of alliance across friendly
interests, instead of just being isolationist.
http://www.nhen.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=386
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In a message dated 11/21/03 6:18:03 AM, bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
<< so where does courage come from?"
"With her eyes bright, and a sort of "aha!" look on her face, my
darling daughter said "From France!" >>
She's older now, right?
You could pass this riddle on to her if you want. It comes back around in
seasons in which an English speaking country is grumpy with France, and so it's
here again:
How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?
Nobody knows.
Sandra
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<< so where does courage come from?"
"With her eyes bright, and a sort of "aha!" look on her face, my
darling daughter said "From France!" >>
She's older now, right?
You could pass this riddle on to her if you want. It comes back around in
seasons in which an English speaking country is grumpy with France, and so it's
here again:
How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?
Nobody knows.
Sandra
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> so where does courage come from?"LOL My son made a funny similiar to this one. He had been reading books about
>
>
> "With her eyes bright, and a sort of "aha!" look on her face, my
>
> darling daughter said "From France!"
ancient Rome and the Coliseum and was telling my dad about them.
My dad asked "And what did they call the men who fought in the Coliseum?"
Trevor answerd proudly, "Janitors!!"
Amy Kagey
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