The Etymologicon

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petrel 来自圣彼得，因为耶稣行在水上的时候让他一起来，然后他掉水里了。

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Alexander von Humboldt 找到一只鹦鹉。这只鹦鹉记录了一个灭亡部落（Ature 部落）的语言。

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Venice was the first modern democracy, which is why ballot comes from the Venetian word ballotte, which means small balls.

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magazine 一词，源自阿拉伯语 khazana(store up)-makhzan(storehouse)-magazzino(意大利语)-magasin(法语)

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gun is named after that one gunna in Windsor Castle: the Queen Gunhilda.

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digit 最初是 finger 的意思。

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corpse 和 corporal 都来自拉丁文 corpus

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The most famous resident of Lesbos was an ancient Greek poetess called Sappho. Sappho wrote ancient Greek poems about how much she liked other ancient Greek ladies, and the result was that in the late nineteenth century Lesbian became an English euphemism for ladies who like ladies.

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Placebo is Latin for I will please, and its origins are not medical, but religious.

placedo 安慰剂