Amazing Histories of Words

(etymology of words or their original "true meanings"; a rich source of information regarding the earliest meanings of words as they migrated from the past into the present)

Aborigines, Aborigine, Aboriginal

Origins of the word Aborigine.

abracadabra, its origins and more recent usage

The magic of abracadabra.

expeditious, expedite: foot or feet, free to move unhindered and quickly

Origins of the words expeditious and expedite.

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