History of words...

Galileo

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Hows about Easter.. The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Ēastre or Ēostre which itself developed prior to 899, originally referring to the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre.

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Indian summer -An Indian summer is a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather, occurring after the end of summer proper. It's etymology is uncertain, although In a number of phrases, the adjective Indian means false, and some linguists believe the phrase Indian summer parallels the formation of Indian giver, Indian corn, and Indian burn, phrases that describe something that is similar to but not actually one who gives, a form of corn, or a flame-induced injury
 

kcwildman

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heres one to ponder untill around the 12-1300's the name /word ( jesus ) did not exsist and in fact the letter ( j ) did not exsist in the english untill around the 14th century. the real or true name of the son of GOD in the hebrew is ( YAHSHUA ) pronounced YAH-SHU-A . once again the court of king james twisted the text for there own reasons what ever they were.. here's a short page of the history for the word jesus
How Did the Name Jesus Originate?

question everything you have ever been taught.....
search out the truth it will truely set you free....
very little of what you know as history is factual.....
very few things in the world today are as they appear to be....

it was a sad day in my life when I discovered that nearly everything I had ever been taught simply was not true......the truth is out there but you have to realy want it, to find it...
 

Justinian

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Here's a good one that I thought of after you put that and based on recent posts..

Bible; Bible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The English word Bible is from the Latin biblia, from the same word in Medieval Latin and Late Latin and ultimately from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία ta biblia "the books" (singular βιβλίον biblion).[5]
Medieval Latin biblia is short for biblia sacra "holy book", while biblia in Greek and Late Latin is neuter plural (gen. bibliorum). It gradually came to be regarded as a feminine singular noun (biblia, gen. bibliae) in medieval Latin, and so the word was loaned as a singular into the vernaculars of Western Europe.[6] Latin biblia sacra "holy books" translates Greek τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια ta biblia ta hagia, "the holy books".[7]
The word βιβλίον itself had the literal meaning of "paper" or "scroll" and came to be used as the ordinary word for "book". It is the diminutive of βύβλος bublos, "Egyptian papyrus", possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician sea port Byblos (also known as Gebal) from whence Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece. The Greek ta biblia (lit. "little papyrus books")[8] was "an expression Hellenistic Jews used to describe their sacred books (the Septuagint).[9][10] Christian use of the term can be traced to ca. 223 CE.[5] The biblical scholar F.F. Bruce notes that Chrysostom appears to be the first writer (in his Homilies on Matthew, delivered between 386 and 388) to use the Greek phrase ta biblia ("the books") to describe both the Old and New Testaments together.[11]"

Also of note from the same source: "The Bible was divided into chapters in the 13th century by Stephen Langton and into verses in the 16th century by French printer Robert Estienne[2] and is now usually cited by book, chapter, and verse. The Bible has estimated annual sales of 25 million copies,[3][4] and has been a major influence on literature and history, especially in the West where it was the first mass printed book."
 

Galileo

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Dog Days of Summer..

The phrase 'Dog Days' refers to the sultry days of summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog days of summer are most commonly experienced in the months of July and August, which typically observe the warmest summer temperatures. In the Southern Hemisphere, they typically occur in January and February, in the midst of the austral summer.
The Romans referred to the dog days as diēs caniculārēs and associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. They considered Sirius to be the "Dog Star" because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). Sirius is also the brightest star in the night sky. The term "Dog Days" was used earlier by the Greeks (see, e.g., Aristotle's Physics, 199a2).
The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise (heliacal rising), which is no longer true, owing to precession of the equinoxes. The Romans sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, sultry weather.
Dog Days were popularly believed to be an evil time "the Sea boiled, the Wine turned sour, Dogs grew mad, and all other creatures became languid; causing to man, among other diseases, burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies." according to Brady’s Clavis Calendaria,
 

TnWatchdog

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HIGH ON THE HOG Meaning: Luxurious, prosperous. Origin: The tastiest parts of a hog are its upper parts. If you're living high on the hog, you've got the best it has to offer.
PULL THE WOOL OVER SOMEONE'S EYES Meaning: Fool someone. Origin: "Goes back to the days when all gentlemen wore powdered wigs like the ones still worn by the judges in British courts. The word wool was then a popular, joking term for hair ... The expression 'pull the wool over his eyes' came from the practice of tilting a man's wig over his eyes, so he couldn't see what was going on."
 

Justinian

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Zig-zag:
also zigzag, 1712, from French zigzag (1670s), perhaps from German Zickzack (though this only is attested from 1703), possibly a reduplication of Zacke "tooth, prong." Earliest use in German is in reference to military siege approaches. Originally in English used to describe the layout of certain garden paths. The verb is recorded from 1787.
 

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