{"id":3582,"date":"2024-10-05T15:57:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T15:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2024-10-05T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:37:34","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-random-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3582","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Random Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Random Origins\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-05T15:57:41+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology, we're looking into the origins of the word origin, and randomly looking at the word random.\n\n\nA random and original rowing boat\n\nOrigin [\u02c8\u0252\u0279.\u026a.d\u0292\u026an\/\u02c8\u0254\u0279.\u026a.d\u0292\u026an] is:\n\n\nThe beginning of something\nThe source of a river, in...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/randomorigins.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6179\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3582-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/randomorigins.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/randomorigins.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/randomorigins.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\/randomorigins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3582-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/randomorigins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"randomorigins.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology, we&#8217;re looking into the origins of the word <strong>origin<\/strong>, and randomly looking at the word <strong>random<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/53661906977\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Armadale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53661906977_b75d2c590e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Armadale\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>A random and original rowing boat<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Origin<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0252\u0279.\u026a.d\u0292\u026an\/\u02c8\u0254\u0279.\u026a.d\u0292\u026an] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The beginning of something<\/li>\n<li>The source of a river, information, goods, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <em>origyne<\/em> [\u0254\u02c8rid\u0292in(\u0259)] (origin, lineage, provenance), from Old French <em>or(ig)ine<\/em> [\u0254\u02c8\u027ein\u0259] (origin, lineage, heritage, breeding), from Latin <em>or\u012bginem<\/em> from <em>or\u012bg\u014d<\/em> [\u0254\u02c8ri\u02d0\u0261o\u02d0] (beginning, origin, source, birth), from <em>orior<\/em> (to rise, get up, appear, be born), from Proto-Italic <em>*orj\u014dr<\/em> (to rise, get up), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2083er-<\/em> (to move, rise, spring) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/origin#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>earn<\/strong> <strong>earnest<\/strong>, <strong>orient<\/strong>, <strong>random<\/strong>, <strong>run<\/strong> and <strong>yearn<\/strong> in English, <strong>rennen<\/strong> [r\u025b.n\u0259(n)] (to run) in Dutch, <strong>rinnen<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0281\u026an\u0259n] (to flow, leak, run, trickle) in German, and <strong>ruch<\/strong> [rux] (movement, traffic) in Czech [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%83er-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The name <strong>Ernest<\/strong> also comes from the same roots. It became popular in English in the 18th century, and is a version of the German name <strong>Ernst<\/strong>, which comes from Old High German <em>ernust<\/em> (serious), from Proto-Germanic <em>*ernustuz<\/em> (seriousness, earnest, strength, solidity, struggle, fight) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Ernest#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the English word <strong>random<\/strong> (as a noun) originally meant speed or force, then came to refer to a range of a bullet or other projectile; a roving motion; a course without definite direction; a lack of rule or method, and chance [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/random#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>As an adjective, it can mean occurring for no particular reason; haphazard; unpredictable; involving an outcome which is impossible to prediect; arbitary; unspecified; diverse or unexpected. In slang, it can refer to anything that is out of the ordinary, odd, strange or bizarre; a person who acts or says random things, or an undefined, unknown or unimportant person.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this podcast hasn&#8217;t been too random, and I randomly decided to add a theme tune this time &#8211; it&#8217;s an original one I wrote a while ago called <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/the-unexpected-badger\">The Unexpected Badger \/ Y Mochyn Daear Annisgwyl<\/a>. 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A random and original rowing boat Origin [\u02c8\u0252\u0279.\u026a.d\u0292\u026an\/\u02c8\u0254\u0279.\u026a.d\u0292\u026an] is: The beginning of something The source of a river, information, goods, etc It comes from Middle English origyne [\u0254\u02c8rid\u0292in(\u0259)] (origin, lineage, provenance), from Old French [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,33,47,20,56,24,4,50,58,11,109,1,59,133],"tags":[90,9,167,15,88,165,8,166,103],"class_list":["post-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-czech","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-german","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-italic","tag-etymology","tag-language","tag-linguistics","tag-music","tag-omniglot","tag-origin","tag-podcast","tag-random","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582","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=3582"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3590,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions\/3590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}