Word Origins the Internet Got Completely Wrong Word origins (etymology) is every bit the serious academic discipline you might expect it to be — except when it's not. Shannon Sanford ...

The study of word origins (that is, etymology) is every bit the serious academic discipline you might expect it to be — except when it's not. As it turns out, people have a propensity to make ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Joseph Pickett, editor of Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus. It's a book about the uncommon origins of common words.