hello everyone and welcome back to
english with Lucy today I've got a video
about a brand new subject I'm going to
talk to you about etymology
so etymology is the history of a word
and then its historical development over
time of its meaning it's basically like
the timeline of a word so you see where
it where it originated from and then you
can see how it evolved and changed over
time it's something really really
interesting often when I learn a new
word I'll definitely look up its
etymology to see which language
originates from how it used to be used
it's something a bit nerdy that I do
it's something that I get a lot of joy
from let me know if you get any joy from
doing stuff like that I just like words
so today I've picked 10 words with
really interesting origins and I'm going
to chat about them with you in the hope
that will inspire you to study a little
bit more about the origin of words and
also at the very least help you improve
your English let's get started
so number one is sandwich so a sandwich
food between two slices of bread it's
the most common lunchtime food in
England fun fact though I don't really
like bread it's not that I don't like it
I just don't see the point in it I feel
like sandwiches the bread dilutes the
flavor of the filling so yeah just give
me the filling yeah so sandwich
sandwiches actually get their name from
a man called John Montagu who was the
fourth Earl of Sandwich so he was an
18th century aristocrat and he used to
like to eat his meals at the game tables
he he liked to play games like cards and
he didn't want to get to the pieces and
cards dirty with his greasy fingers so
he used to ask for beef between two
slices of bread and it caught on with
his friends they used to say you know
I'll have what sandwiches
I'll have a Dukas sandwich and in the
end it got shortened down to just
sandwich and it's the food that we know
and love today most of us know a love I
just know it don't love it yeah so there
is actually a place in the UK called
sandwich which sounds like a really
bizarre name but actually that's where
the food originates from okay the next
one I think is really interesting it's
the word nice and it comes from Latin to
not know or ignorance but then over time
it started to be used to describe things
as agreeable than delightful nowadays we
use it mostly as a positive adjectives
okay the next one muscle this actually
comes from the Latin word for Mouse and
basically people used to think the
muscles look like little mice under your
skin so that's where the word muscle
comes from okay the next one addict this
actually comes from the Latin word to
devote or to surrender yourself to
something and it was used for slaves so
by saying you're an addict you're saying
you're a slave to something which is
quite accurate really okay the next word
clue it comes from clue
it sounds the same different spelling
which meant in Old English a ball of
thread this is because a ball of thread
could be used to guide somebody out of a
maze or a labyrinth so that was a clue
so that is where clue comes from the
next one jargon that has a good word
isn't it I love saying jargon and jargon
comes from the old old French word
jageun if I've said that correctly
meaning twittering like birds
so basically when someone's using a lot
of jargon they're twittering like birds
it's not really understandable and
they're saying a load of rubbish okay
the next one this could be considered a
little bit rude the next one is avocado
and it comes from the Aztec word wonder
if I can say this aqua cattle our cattle
you can see the similarity but this
basically meant testicle as in the male
sex organ so
avocados are sort of similar shapes
obviously you can see a sort of
resemblance in shape and texture between
an avocado and a testicle and also they
are considered to be aphrodisiacs
meaning they boost sex drive so that is
where the word avocado comes from the
next one is whiskey whiskey that drink
that I just cannot seem to like I always
accept it when it's offered to me and I
try and look grown-up so yes on the
rocks please
and then no can't do it it tastes like
butts butts
tastes like butts butts are
cigarette ends well whisky is actually
shortened from a whiskey Bay and that
comes from the old english word oscar
bay which is derived from two gaelic
words whiskey meaning water bethel
meaning life so they're saying that
whisky is a water of life which I think
some would consider to be very accurate
not me I think it's actually the taker
of life the next one is the word vagina
yeah the female organ this word is
derived from the Latin word for sheath
or scabbard the thing that would cover a
sword and the word Gladius which means
sword was commonly used as to refer to
the male sex organ the penis so the
vagina the sheath covered this sword the
Gladius very interesting the next one
oxymoron
this comes from the Greek word Oxus
meaning sharp and Morros meaning blunt
so sharp blunt the word itself is an
oxymoron which i think is awesome I love
languages right that's it for today's
lesson I know it was a little bit
different but I just kind of wanted to
share one of my passions with you which
is etymology and just where words come
from I find it really really interesting
and I think it if you start to take
etymology in the origin and history of
words on
bored you can really quickly expand your
vocabulary and you can learn to speak in
a more meaningful way as well don't
forget to connect with me on all of my
social media I've got my facebook my
Instagram and my Twitter and I will see
you soon for another lesson yeah
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今天和露西一起回到英语我有一个
关于一个全新主题的视频我
要和你谈谈词源
所以词源是一个词的历史
，然后它的历史发展随着
时间的推移它的含义它是 基本上就像
一个单词的时间线，所以你可以
看到它的起源，然后你
可以看到它是如何随着时间的推移而演变和变化的
哪种语言
起源于它过去的使用方式
我做的有点书呆子这
让我很高兴
如果你从
做这样的事情中得到任何快乐告诉我我只是喜欢文字
所以今天我已经 挑选了 10 个
词源非常有趣的单词，我将
与你聊一聊，
希望能激发你
更多地研究单词的起源，
并至少帮助
你提高英语
所以排名第一的是三明治，所以是
两片面包之间的三明治食物这
是英格兰最常见的午餐时间食物
有趣的事实虽然我不太
喜欢面包并不是我不喜欢它
我只是不明白这一点 在里面我
觉得面包稀释
了馅料的味道，所以是的，只要给
我馅料是的，所以三明治
三明治实际上得名于
一个叫约翰蒙塔古的人，他是
第四代三明治伯爵，所以他是
18 世纪的贵族 他以前
喜欢在游戏桌上吃饭
他喜欢像纸牌一样玩游戏，
他不想
用油腻的手指弄脏棋子和纸牌，所以
他过去常常在两片面包之间要牛肉
它在
他的朋友中流行起来，他们过去常说你知道
我会吃什么三明治
知道爱我
只知道它不爱 是的，所以
英国
有一个
地方叫
三明治 或无知，但随着时间的推移，
它开始被用来描述
令人愉快而不是令人愉快的事物，现在我们
主要将它用作积极的形容词，
好吧下一块肌肉这实际上
来自拉丁语中的鼠标，
基本上人们过去认为
肌肉看起来 就像你皮肤下的小老鼠，
所以这就是肌肉这个词的
来源，好吧，下一个瘾君子这
实际上来自拉丁词，
奉献或投降
于某事，它被用于奴隶，
所以说你是一个瘾君子 重新说
你是一个
相当准确的东西的奴隶真的没关系下一个词
线索它来自线索
听起来相同的不同拼写
在古英语中意味着一个球 f
thread 这是因为一个线球
可以用来引导某人走出
迷宫或迷宫，所以这是一个线索
，所以线索来自
下一个有好词的行话，
不是吗？我喜欢说 jargon and jargon
来自古老的法语单词
jageun，如果我说正确的
意思是像鸟一样叽叽喳喳，
所以基本上当有人使用
很多行话时，他们会像鸟一样叽叽喳喳，
这不是真的可以理解，而且
他们说的是一堆垃圾
好吧下一个这可能被认为
有点粗鲁下一个是
鳄梨它来自阿兹台克语想
知道我是否可以说这个水牛我们的牛
你可以看到相似之处但这
基本上意味着睾丸就像男性
性器官一样 所以
鳄梨的形状很相似，
很明显你可以看到鳄梨和睾丸
在形状和质地上很相似，
而且它们
被认为是壮阳药，
这意味着它们可以促进性欲，所以这
就是 鳄梨一词来自
下一个是威士忌 威士忌
那种我似乎不喜欢的饮料
当它提供给我时我总是接受它，我
试着看起来成熟，所以请在岩石上同意
，然后不，不能这样做 它尝起来像
fag butts fag butts
尝起来像 fag butts fag butts 是
烟头 威士忌实际上是
从威士忌湾缩短的，
它来自古英语单词 oscar
bay，它来自两个盖尔
语单词威士忌，意思是水伯特利，
意思是生命，所以他们 '
是说威士忌是生命之水，我认为
有些人会认为它非常准确，
而不是我，我认为它实际上
是生命的夺取者，下一个是阴道
这个词是的，女性器官这个词
来源于拉丁词 鞘
或刀鞘 可以盖住剑的东西，
而 Gladius 一词的意思是
剑，通常用来指
代男性的性器官 阴茎 所以
阴道 鞘盖住了这把剑
Gladius 非常有趣 ext one
oxymoron
这来自希腊词 Oxus
意思是尖锐，Morros 意思是钝的，
所以尖锐钝 这个词本身就是一个
矛盾，我认为这很棒 我喜欢
语言对，今天的
课就是这样 我知道它有点
不同，但我只是 有点想
和你分享我的一个激情
，那就是词源
，我觉得它真的很有趣
，我认为如果你开始
在无聊的词源和历史中学习词源，
你可以很快扩展 你的
词汇量，你也可以学会
用更有意义的方式说话 不要
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