Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.
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Each episode takes a small set of words linked to a theme. You'll hear what they mean, where they come from and which familiar words share the same linguistic roots, along with stories from the past related to their use.
Listen for words that sharpen expression, and brief histories that show how ideas and practices, as well as language, took shape. Across an archive of more than a hundred episodes, you'll find explanations of word, name and phrase origins.
The majority of etymologies featured return to Old English, Ancient Greek, Latin and Old French, providing a look into languages of the past that underpin English.
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Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.
112. Error
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This episode investigates obscure words for discussions about error, tracing their origins and familiar words from the same root. Words examined include solecism, lapsus calami, amphibology, defalcation, misfeasance and mea culpa.
Discover the mistaken beliefs that gave us the names West Indies, malaria and platinum.
Sources:
https://www.rd.com/article/malapropism-examples/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOU0eA03S2c
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/quarterly-bulletin/2015/desperate-adventures-and-men-of-straw-the-failure-of-city-of-glasgow.pdf
https://www.taylor-rose.co.uk/posts/misfeasance
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/library-archive-open-research-services/archives/sir-ronald-ross-collections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anJKMZCVjxs
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