Famous Quotes / Mike Kellen
Mike Kellen: "Etymology, n.:
Some early etymological scholars come up with derivations that were hard for the public to believe. The term "etymology" was formed from the Latin "etus" ("eaten"), the root "mal" ("bad"), and "logy" ("study of"). It meant "the study of things that are hard to swallow.""
Believe | Derivations | Early | Eaten |
Etus | Etymological | Etymology | Formed |
Hard | Latin | Logy | Meant |
Public | Root | Scholars | Study |
Swallow | Term | Things |