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Nemo ,

Been waiting for this one!

ttmrichter ,

I look forward to talking about insects!

Chromebby OP ,
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Etymology is for word origins😊 But if you like bugs, you’re looking for entomology! There seems to be a cool community over here: !entomology

ttmrichter ,

(It was a joke. The mandatory one whenever an etymology group is set up.)

Chromebby OP ,
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Ah, whoosh on my part. I didn’t want to assume anybody’s background or understanding!😅😆

twistypencil ,

What is the etymology of etymology?

Chromebby OP ,
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From Greek etumos “true, real” + -logia “study of” 🤗

ThreeHalflings ,

Love it. I’d never have thought to look for it, but I’m glad I stumbled across this post!

Chromebby OP , (edited )
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Yay! I started a community over on Squabbles for a bit, and it was primarily another mod and I posting content. Unfortunately they went MIA, so I’ve been bummed out about that because they were pretty active lol. Tried to find an etymology community on Lemmy, so I joined the Kbin one, after which I realized it was a bit dead and there was no one running it. So here we are. :)

breakfastmtn ,
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Subscribed

Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.

Chromebby OP ,
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Awesome!😁

downpunxx ,
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In Navajo, yatahey is widely used as a greeting because it is derived from the Hebrew language yaahey /yah-ah-teh/.In real life, it literally means “all is good.”.

https://www.indiancountryextension.org/what-does-yatahey-mean-in-navajo#:~:text=In%20Navajo%2C%20yatahey%20is%20widely%20used%20as%20a,real%20life%2C%20it%20literally%20means%20%E2%80%9Call%20is%20good.%E2%80%9D.

krayj ,

Is the new community for sharing knowledge only, or is it also a place to ask questions (ie: “What is the etymology of [xyz]?”)?

Chromebby OP , (edited )
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I’d say focus on sharing etymology findings for now. I’m not some linguistics professor or anything – just an amateur who created this community for fun. Maybe we could sustain more question posts once there are enough knowledgable subscribers to answer them. (I’m hoping some experts would discover the community actually, and maybe hop on as mods). :)

Edit: I just updated the community rules so clarify that question posts are allowed, as long as you please attempt to at least Google it yourself first. 😆

PeepinGoodArgs ,

Can you do the eff word, first? Just demystify that bad boy real quick.

Koto ,
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This video, History of the F word might come close piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=FvPbxZmZxZ8

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