Puppy!!
“Puppy” is come from Greek word [symbol]papi[/symbol] (papi), means “duckling,” extended it came to mean young of animal, then just young of dog. There you go.
I stumped the Greek word guy!
I have a great need to have the following words etymologized from Greek:
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Starfleet
Pornography
Modem
al-Qaeda
Greek
“Bootylicious” is come from Greek word [symbol]boutia[/symbol] voutia), means “dive”, and [symbol]lusi[/symbol] (lisi), means “dissolve”. Dive in and dissolve. There you go.
Riboflavin
Mustard
Varnish
entrepreneur
Amok
“Deoxyribonucleic acid”? Easy! Is come from Greek words [symbol]de[/symbol] (de), means “on the other hand”, [symbol]oxu[/symbol] (oxi), means “sharp”, [symbol]rew[/symbol] reo, means “flow,” [symbol]nouV[/symbol] (nous), means “mind,” [symbol]kleio[/symbol] (klio), means “shut,” and [symbol]ashmi[/symbol] (asimi), means “silver.” If your mind is sharp, shut off the flow, otherwise, cost too much silver (money) for water bill. Sharp mind hereditary.
“Starfleet”? Is come from Greek word [symbol]stari[/symbol] (stari), means “wheat” and [symbol]fili[/symbol] (fili), means “kiss”, because wheat makes bread, bread means money, takes a lot of money to run space program, and kiss is make Lt. Uhura famous.
“Pornography” is come from Greek word [symbol]pornh[/symbol] (porni), means “prostitute” and [symbol]grafh[/symbol] (ghrafi), means “writing”. So, porno-graphy is writing about prostitutes. There you go.
“Modem” is from Greek word [symbol]moutro[/symbol] (moutro), means “face”, and [symbol]dema[/symbol] (dema), means “cord.” Because modem lets you face cyber world through phone cord.
“Al-Qaeda” is from Greek word [symbol]alkh[/symbol] (alki), means “strength,” and [symbol]idea[/symbol] (idea), means “idea.” Because they want to give idea of strength.
“Greek” is come from Greek name [symbol]GraikoV[/symbol] (Graikos), name of ancient Greek tribe who was writing philosophy while you were still swinging in trees!
‘Toboggan’
‘Hammock’
‘Succotash’
‘Sacajawea’
‘New Jersey’
Tripler
This I gotta see. . .
Hey Jomo, you really are bored aren’t you! But at least you are in the right forum. This is certainly mundane, pointless AND silly…
OK, how about ‘KANGAROO’ ???
Okay, a few more if you please:
Shit
Pie
Jomo Mojo
Chocolate
Fart
Please hurry, this is important.
Ok, here’s a few stumpers…
Microscope
Telegraph
Psychokinesis
Geology
Astronomy
Dodecahedron
Iconoclast
Heterogeneous
Necromancy
Democracy
Orthodox
Apostasy
Autotroph
Philatelist
Hydrostatic
Thermodynamic
Thanatopsis
Apocalyptic
Misanthropy
Heiroglyphics
Metaphor
Synchronicity
Metropolitan
“Dweeb”
Spoofe, is that an exclamation, or a request for the derivation?
Dude.
As in Dude like that’s a gnarly tube, sure you wanna hang ten in those waters?
“Riboflavin” is come from Greek word [symbol]rew[/symbol] (reo), means “flow,” and [symbol]fleba[/symbol] (fleva), means “vein.” Because you take vitamin, it absorb in blood, flow in vein.
“Mustard” is from Greek word [symbol]mousaka[/symbol] (mousaka), means a type of Greek food, sometime maybe seasoned with mustard.
“Varnish” is from Greek word [symbol]baru[/symbol] (vari), means “heavy,” and [symbol]nhsi[/symbol] (nisi), means “island.” Because it was invented on Greek island in Aegean, you put it on furniture, ever try to move furniture? Is heavy!
“Entrepreneur” is from Greek word [symbol]entribh[/symbol] (entrivi), means “massage,” and [symbol]prhnh[/symbol] (prini) “lying prone”. Because the original entrepreneur was Greek masseur, you lie down and get massage, people like! Built big massage business, franchises all over Peloponnesus. “And there you go.”
Cromulent.
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Funky!
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