Award-winning etymologist Henry Hitchings thought he did, until he studied the origins of English. When I set out to write a study of the history of words, I thought I had a decent grasp of where even the most curious English ones originate. Those with the prefix al- - as in alchemy and alcohol - often have Arabic roots, and many seafaring terms... More...
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