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  1. The divine gift of “Dolly”

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    “Dolly” is pet form of an Ancient Greek-derived name later repurposed for toys and film cameras.

  2. “Teacher” and “student”: an etymological show-and-tell

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    Students need a “push” in more ways than one.

  3. The word “lettuce” is made of “milk”

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    The etymology of “lettuce” takes us from tiny seeds to the entire galaxy.

  4. The etymological odyssey of “Odysseus”

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    Tell me, O Muse, of the origin of the name of the man of many devices.

  5. Semiquincentennial: the origins of an America-sized word

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    This big word for a big milestone is made up of lots of little Latin roots.

  6. “Football”: a simple word with striking roots

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    Cock-threshing.

  7. Dragged “kicking” and “spurring”—and “spurning”

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    There is a lot of interesting etymology afoot thanks to sports in summer 2026.

  8. Why are they called the New York “Knicks”?

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    When it comes to the etymology of the name “Knicks,” Washington Irving is the MVP.

  9. How “Ebola” got its name

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    To avoid stigmatizing the village at the center of the 1976 outbreak, researchers named the disease after a river in the central African region whose name French colonists modified from native Ngbandi.

  10. What is the “hanta-” in “hantavirus”?

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    “Hantavirus” is named after a Korean river where the virus was first isolated in the late 1970s.