Origins

This is a list of words or popular sayings used by us all from time to time. Most of them have strange…

Question: what do the Nobel Prize, ASPCA, Planned Parenthood and Batman all have in common? The answer is their shockingly dark origin…

The world of Harry Potter has captured the imagination of fans for a variety of reasons, not least the incredibly diverse number…

If words and grammar represent the main ingredients of a language, then idioms are surely the secret recipe of herbs and spices…

How many of us know how the apple got its name, or the onion? We take these words for granted because they…

In the origins of country names, we find all kinds of surprising hidden histories. America, for example, comes directly from the name…