Etymology (WORD ORIGINS) with Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist Podcast
Ologies with Alie Ward
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How Long Have You Been Interested in Language?
The word tomato comes from the Nautol, a language of what's known historically as the Aztec Empire for the swelling fruit. And thus, a tomato is what people call the hot girl in the 1920s - experts think this is due to plump, juicy connotations. Now, how long have you been interested in language? I remember first becoming interested in language when I was fairly small and started learning French and Latin at a very young age. So it's just a form of survival to be verbally deft from a young age. Did you talk early? I don't know because I don't think anyone was paying attention. But apparently I was an early reader. My mum says
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