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Back to SearchYou speak more Ancient Greek than you think | GREEK WORDS IN ENGLISH
Episode 106
English is enriched with a plethora of words from Ancient Greek, whether they were pilfered straight from source, or absorbed via Latin, French or A…
17 hours ago
Denny's used to be called Danny's | BRAND NAME ORIGINS
Episode 105
Rob and Jess are investigating how some of the world's biggest brands got their names.
📸 Does KODAK mean anything?
🍟 Which Wendy is Wendy's named afte…
1 week ago
Who is Sydney named after? | CITY NAME ORIGINS
Episode 104
Let's explore city names in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and beyond in another etymological journey around the world.
🇦🇺 Is Darwin really named af…
2 weeks ago
How to read hieroglyphs | ANCIENT WRITING
Episode 103
Rob and Jess are exploring the writing systems of the ancient world.
𓀀 How do hieroglyphs work?
✍️ When did writing first begin?
And how did we solve…
3 weeks ago
What's the French for "raining cats and dogs"? | WORLD IDIOMS
Episode 102
Let's explore some funny sayings from around the world. In this episode, Rob and Jess discover other languages' equivalents of phrases like "raining…
4 weeks ago
100 quick-fire word facts | 100th EPISODE
Episode 101
Rob and Jess are celebrating 100 episodes of Words Unravelled by sharing their top 100 wordy nerdy facts.
🎥 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/1PM_…
1 month ago
Which German terms are in the English zeitgeist? | GERMAN WORDS
Episode 100
Willkommen! Jess and Rob are exploring the German words in English. In this Zeitgeisty episode, discover:
👻 What doppelgänger literally means,
📏 The l…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Why is English full of Latin? | LATIN WORDS
Episode 99
You speak more Latin than you think. Not only are the many French words in English derived from Latin, but almost 30% of our vocabulary comes direct…
2 months ago
Are sharks named after people? | OCEAN WORDS
Episode 98
Rob and Jess are taking the deepest of dives into the origins of words from the ocean.
🐟 Are many fish 'fish' or 'fishes'?
🦈 Why is there a mystery ar…
2 months, 1 week ago
Does 'Abracadabra' mean anything? | MAGIC WORDS
Episode 97
Take a pinch of witchcraft, add a touch of sorcery, and "Hey presto!" you have a wordy nerdy episode about magical terms.
🧙 Can only women be witches…
2 months, 2 weeks ago