A remarkable fact is that many slang words have a classical origin. For example, the word "mill," a vulgarism for a fight, is traceable to the Greek word "hamilla," which means a combat.

Scholars cannot say for sure why hallelujah was preserved intact when nearly every other Hebrew word in the Bible was translated first into Greek and then into Latin (amen is another notable ...

Back then, avocados were called the Nahuatl word huacatlwhich also happened to mean testicles. Scholars think the Nahua chose the name because of the fruit has a, uh, suggestive shape and was ...

The plant gets its name from the Old English words mistel, meaning dung ... “Nativity” means birth, and it originates from the Latin word natal. The first nativity scene was created in ...