Harvard researchers traced the origins of the vast Indo-European language family to the Caucasus-Lower Volga region, identifying the ancestral population that gave rise to more than 400 languages, in ...

Perhaps most recognizable as a Hawaiian hello, Aloha has a far deeper meaning: "love." The word is used in many contexts to ...

While few would want to eat a grub, the thick worm-like larva of a ground-living beetle, this word for “food” came from the ...

Natalie Koch / Photo EditorAdam Aleksic is a popular linguistics TikTok and Instagram influencer. by Hailey CintronJunior Staffwriter Carnegie Mellon’s Activities Board welcomed its first guest ...

They’re pan fried until crisp and usually served with a cream of Honduran origin. It’s like sour cream, yet it’s not. It ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

A nifty little book, “From the Browder File,” explains the origin of the word “negro.” Anthony Browder, the book’s author, ...

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Dr. Erica Brozovsky of Otherwords explained the Latin-Germanic origins of body part names and how they turned into the words ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill takes issue with President Donald Trump's comment that a religious service ...

Wordsmith and broadcaster Kel Richards joined Sky News Australia to break down the meanings and origins of several popular words and phrases. The topics of discussion were ‘tickled pink ...

For a long time, EA games could only be purchased, downloaded, and played digitally via EA Origin (at least on PCs). Eventually, some titles became available on Steam. Now, EA is altogether ...