#spatulacity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #spatulacity, aggregated by home.social.
-
There are so many words we still use that have barely changed over thousands of years. #TIL that "spatula" comes to English via Latin from from the Ancient Greek word σπάθη -- spáthē -- meaning "broad wooden or metal blade." It is also the linguistic ancestor of the French word "épée" (sword).
Language is stupid amazing.
#ILoveLanguages
#etymology
#English
#Latin
#AncientGreek
#French
#linguistics
#spatula
#SpatulaCity