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Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.

Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.

著者： Leon Bailey-Green
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概要

Word History is a podcast for people who enjoy words and history.


Each episode takes a small set of words linked to a theme. You'll hear what they mean, where they come from and which familiar words share the same linguistic roots, along with stories from the past related to their use.


Listen for words that sharpen expression, and brief histories that show how ideas and practices, as well as language, took shape. Across an archive of more than a hundred episodes, you'll find explanations of word, name and phrase origins.


The majority of etymologies featured return to Old English, Ancient Greek, Latin and Old French, providing a look into languages of the past that underpin English.


New episodes on Sundays.


Play the daily word game Derivety: https://derivety.com


Get in touch: https://etymoleon.com

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  • 114. Fixity

    114. Fixity
    2026/03/22

    This episode examines uncommon words for conversations about fixity, exploring their origins and familiar words from the same root. Words featured include intransigent, obdurate, adamantine, indelible, obstinate and irrevocable.

    Hear how a wartime survey of buildings at risk of bombing led to Britain's listed building system, granting certain structures legal protection designed to secure their permanence.

    Sources:
    https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2009/09/crying-over-spilled-milk.html

    https://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/abeswlgbt.html

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/targets-of-enemy-bombers-and-our-own-demolition-men-1598384.html

    https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/about-the-list/

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    15 分
  • 113. Reputation

    113. Reputation
    2026/03/15

    This episode explores lesser known words that are useful in conversations about reputation, considering their origins and recognisable words from the same root. Words highlighted include perfidious, calumny, susurration, ignominy, opprobrium, obloquy and flagitious.

    Listen to the history of how a derailed train helped shape the beginnings of the modern public relations industry.

    Sources:

    https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1857-08-18/debates/4642f51a-ffe6-4eee-a43e-9276e7fc81ac/CompensationForTheSufferersByTheIndianMutiny

    https://www.audible.com/blog/quotes-theodore-roosevelt

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qn-XatSQaA&t=404s

    https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/irish-legal-heritage-richard-pigott-and-the-forgeries-commission

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-history-spin-doctor

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    14 分
  • 112. Error

    112. Error
    2026/03/08

    This episode investigates obscure words for discussions about error, tracing their origins and familiar words from the same root. Words examined include solecism, lapsus calami, amphibology, defalcation, misfeasance and mea culpa.

    Discover the mistaken beliefs that gave us the names West Indies, malaria and platinum.

    Sources:

    https://www.rd.com/article/malapropism-examples/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOU0eA03S2c

    https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/quarterly-bulletin/2015/desperate-adventures-and-men-of-straw-the-failure-of-city-of-glasgow.pdf

    https://www.taylor-rose.co.uk/posts/misfeasance

    https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/library-archive-open-research-services/archives/sir-ronald-ross-collections

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anJKMZCVjxs

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    16 分
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