studie van de herkomst der woorden’. lat. etymologia < gr. etumología ‘aanwijzing van de oorsprong van een woord’, gevormd uit étumos ‘waar’ en lógos ‘woord’.
taal [systeem van spraakklanken] {tale, tael [hetgeen iem. zegt, gesprek, taal] 1220-1240} oudsaksisch tala [getal, spraak], oudhoogduits zala [getal], oudfries tale, tele [getal, taal], oudengels talu [verhaal], oudnoors tal, tala [getal, verhaal] (vgl. tellen);
'facts of the origin and development of a word,' from Old French etimologie, ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, which was borrowed from Greek etymologia 'analysis of a word to find its true origin.' This is literally 'study of the true sense (of a word),' with -logia 'study of, a speaking of' + etymon 'true sense, original meaning'. This is perhaps cognate with Sanskrit satyah, Gothic sunjis, Old English soð 'true. from a PIE *set- "be stable."
tale (n) Middle English tale, from Old English talu 'piece of information, story, narrative, fable; statement or relation of events alleged to be true.' This is from Proto-Germanic *talō (source also of Dutch taal "speech, language," Danish tale "speech, talk, discourse," German Erzählung "story," also compare Gothic talzjan "to teach").
🟥 etymologie 5 oktober 2026
Idioms, Etymology, & Origins by WHOLE 9 YARDS
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Toki Pona, de kleinste taal ter wereld / the world's smallest language.
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MOEGDREEK TARPEN
De geheime taal van IJmuiden, ook wel omgekeerd praten of moëgdreek taarpengenoemd, is een dialect dat bestaat uit het omdraaien van lettergrepen. Deze taal ontstond rond 1900 onder concurrerende vletterlieden en roeiers die elkaar niet wilden verraden over de visvangst of loodsdiensten.
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🟥 etymologie 12 september 2026
MILLION
A big number - RobWords.substack
Million is descended from the Latin for “thousand”, mille. That’s the same Latin source as our word mile – originally a thousand Roman paces – and the milli- in millimetres, millilitres, etc.
So how come a million is a thousand thousands, rather than just a thousand? The key is those final two letters: -on.. lees verder …
🟥 etymologie 9 september 2026
samana hebbunt sie that lant opgiworpon endi hiro huova gimakot
Meer over Meer: vreugde, communicatie, delen, taal ...
Lake over Lake: joy, communication, sharing, language ...
Dui originally meant an open mouth, hence talking. Later it came to mean exchange. Dui concerns the joy that comes from harmonious interaction and communication with others. The hexagram Dui consists of the trigram Dui doubled. The trigram Dui is associated with the youngest daughter and with a marsh, lake, or swamp. The Laws of Change - Jack Balkin
