{"id":1487,"date":"2021-10-16T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2021-10-29T19:55:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:55:57","slug":"words-and-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Words and Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Words and Verbs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-10-16T11:49:07+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we are looking at the origins of the word word [w\u025c\u02d0d\/w\u025dd].\n\n\n\nA word is:\n\n \ta unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meanin...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6025\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1487-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1487-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"word2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In today\u2019s <strong>Adventure in Etymology<\/strong> we are looking at the origins of the word <strong>word<\/strong> [w\u025c\u02d0d\/w\u025dd].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/words.jpg\" alt=\"Words in various European languages\" width=\"599\" height=\"316\"><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>word<\/strong> is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/word\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>word<\/em> [wurd\/w\u0254rd] (word), from the Old English <em>word<\/em> [word] (word, speech, verb, news), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*wurd\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8wur.\u00f0\u0251\u0303] (word), from the PIE <em>*wr\u0325d\u02b0h\u2081om<\/em> (word) from <em>*werh\u2081-<\/em> (to speak, say)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/verb#English\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>verb<\/strong> comes from the same root, via the Middle English <em>verbe<\/em> [\u02c8v\u025brb(\u0259)] (verb), from the Old French <em>verbe<\/em> (word, phrasing), from the Latin <em>verbum<\/em> [\u02c8u\u032fer.bum] (word, proverb, verb), from the Proto-Italic <em>*wer\u03b2om<\/em> (word) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/verb#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>verve<\/strong> [v\u025c\u02d0v\/v\u025dv] (great vitality, enthusiasm, liveliness, sparkle) comes from the same Latin root (<em>verbum<\/em>), via the French <strong>verve<\/strong> [v\u025b\u0281v] (witty eloquence), and the Late Latin <strong>verva<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/verve#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HnLYkLmm2_Q\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HnLYkLmm2_Q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Words and Verbs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-10-16T11:49:07+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we are looking at the origins of the word word [w\u025c\u02d0d\/w\u025dd].\n\n\n\nA word is:\n\n \ta unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meanin...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6026\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1487-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1487-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/word2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"word2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we are looking at the origins of the word word [w\u025c\u02d0d\/w\u025dd]. A word is: a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. [source] It comes from the Middle English word [wurd\/w\u0254rd] (word), from the Old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,23,4,50,58,55,109,1,57,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1520,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}