by Wordpandit | Sep 16, 2011 | Word Origin |
The word genocide is based on two important roots: genos and cide. Genos stands for the basic human gene, the source of all races. And cide stands for killing. Hence, we arrive at the meaning of Genocide: race killing. Both these words have a plethora of words based...
by Wordpandit | Sep 15, 2011 | Word Origin |
Origin of the word toupée The word toupée has a twisted derivation. It ultimately comes from the prehistoric german word *topaz, which means ‘tuft of hair on top of the head,topknot’. the German word was imported into French and we had the word toup meaning ‘tuft of...
by Wordpandit | Sep 12, 2011 | Word Origin |
Origin of the word GUILLOTINE: The GUILLOTINE is something that was invented to replace older and harsher methods of execution but it became a terror in itself. It was in fact the device of execution during the French revolution. When the French revolution took place...
by Wordpandit | Sep 11, 2011 | Word Origin |
The root ‘mal/malus’ signifies anything bad, wrong or evil. And if we look closely, each of the above words has a quotient of bad added to it. Wish to learn more about this root? Read here. Read further on malediction here: http://wordpandit.com/2011/malediction/ The...
by Wordpandit | Sep 11, 2011 | Word Origin |
The term whistle blower comes from the word ‘whistle’ (it is actually so). All we need to do is trace some history to reach the source of ‘whistleblower’. The term whistleblower comes from the practice that English police officers used to adopt. There used to blow...
