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Posted on February 26, 2022April 6, 2022

The key vocabulary of Lent and Easter

In this post we’ll get to learn a couple of key words connected with the major Christian holiday of Easter, as well as the days preceding it. Some of them have a really interesting origin, so we’ll also take a quick look at their etymology and cultural background. Chronologically, the first of these days is …

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Posted on February 9, 2022

Modern English names for the months of the year – 100% Latin!

In an earlier post, I wrote about the etymology of the English words for the days of the week. As we saw there, those words have their origin (for the most part) in the names of some of the main deities of the Germanic pantheon. In this post we’ll look at the names of the …

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Posted on September 14, 2021September 20, 2021

Pagan origins of English weekday names

The names of the days of the week are among the first words English learners get to learn, but probably few ever wonder about their origins and actual meaning. In this post we’ll delve into the etymology of this segment of vocabulary, with a little help from cultural history and mythology. First off, the introduction …

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