We’re at the halfway point! It’s all downhill from here. And, coincidentally, today’s word is mountain.
Mountain showed up in the early thirteenth century from the Old French montaigne and before that the Vulgar Latin montanea. The Vulgar Latin is related to the classical Latin montanus, mountainous and mons, mountain.
And…that’s it! Not much about mountains, I guess. Enjoy your rest of the day.
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So it really is all about mountains then. This was not to high a one to climb :)
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At least it kept its original meaning.
ReplyDeleteI guess some words are like that, just not a lot to their history.
ReplyDeleteI still like mountains, though. I miss them.
I love mountains, so of course this one suits me.
ReplyDeleteIt's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop.
Simple enough… for a change.
ReplyDeleteIt seems appropriate that a word for something so solid and elemental has changed so little over time.
ReplyDeleteThat one makes sense. Those are few and far between.
ReplyDeleteThe Vulgar Latin kind of looks like Montana. You know, I can actually see mountains occasionally. When it's clear out and I'm in the right spot.
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