The fascinating world of etymology

As a linguist, I have always been intrigued by words and their origin and one of my favorite birthday gifts was a etymology dictionary I got from my parents a long long time ago. Since my mother tongue is a one-of-a-kind language which was influenced by many occupying nations’ language throughout the centuries, I always question the origin of words but I am no longer surprised by the strange and exciting similarities between seemingly distant languages. Check out these maps to learn the origins of some popular words.
 

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