Origins of Words !

According to Joseph T. Shipley, author of Dictionary of word origins (little field

Adams and Co., 1967), word origins knowledge is ‘’ to know how men think,
how they have fashioned their civilization. Word history traces the path of
human fellowship, the bridges from mend to mind, from nation to nation’’.
Word origin study is a fascinating way to discover the history of language and of
a people.
Learning where words in a language originated can tell us a lot about early
influences on a society. Word origin in the english language for example,
indicates that this culture originated from many others. Many of our most
commonly used words are latin based, but come from countries as distinct as
Italy, Spain and France. Their incorporation, into our language is indicative of
the exploration, invasion and emigration, reflecting world history on a large
scale.
However, many of the words we generally use are unknown from origins by
most people. So let’s learn the origin of the word ‘’OK !’’ in the video below.
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