Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds F. Max Müller Wise Russians fear him

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Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds F. Max Müller Wise Russians fear himDid you know that an "astronaut" is literally a "star sailor," that a thesaurus is, in fact, a "treasure trove" of words, and that someone who is "sinister" is actually just "left handed"? Have you ever wondered why English isn't considered a Romance language if 60% of our words are Latin derived? Did Shakespeare really invent 1,700 words, and if not, why the heck do we say that he did? Why is the English language stuffed with so many synonyms? Let's