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General Words |
| Word | Etymology |
| Etymology | The word etymology comes to us from the Ancient Greek language. It is composed of two parts: the Greek word etymon, which means "an early form of a word", combined with the Greek element logia, which means "doctrine, study". Combining these two parts gives us "the study of early forms of words", which can be said to be the 'meaning' of the word etymology. |
| Trivia | The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin for crossroads: tri- + via, which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streeets in Rome (or some other Italian place), they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of "trivia." |
| Parliament | Middle English, a meeting about national concerns, from Old French parlement, from parler, to talk. |
| Nurse | Middle English norice, nurse, wet nurse, from Old French norrice, from Vulgar Latin nutricia, from Late Latin nutricia, from feminine of Latin nutricius, that suckles, from nutrix, nutric-, wet nurse. |
| Doctor | Middle English, an expert, authority, from Old French docteur, from Latin doctor, teacher, from docere, to teach. |
| Engineer | Middle English enginour,
from Old French engigneor, from Medieval Latin
ingeniator, contriver, from ingeniare,
to contrive, from Latin ingenium, ability.
Middle English engin, skill, machine, from Old French, innate ability, from Latin ingenium. |
| Hospital | Middle English, hospice, from Old French ospital, from Medieval Latin hospitale, from neuter of Latin hospitalis, of a guest, from hospes, hospit-, guest. |