[FRIAM] for Nick - prurient entymology

Prof David West profwest at fastmail.fm
Sat Oct 3 14:50:10 EDT 2020


Avocado - from Aztec (via Spanish) ahucatl, meaning testicle

Etiquette - little signs that that Louis XIV put out to remind people not to pee in the fountains of Versaille

Bully - from Duth boel meaing lover

Editor - Roman title for someone charged with organizing human sacrifices

fascinate from Latin fascinum - penis amulet - and fascinare - charm or hex

davew



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