I love the etymology of the French word for ‘snowdrop’.

I expected to find that ‘goblin’ came from a Germanic origin, but likely not!

It’s interesting that our ‘Shrove’ is so different to other European languages. The majority reference fasting - either with a form of that word, or with a link to ‘fat’.

How are pancakes and placentas related?

I think I saw a crocus earlier today … a glimmer of spring.

Here comes the spring (perhaps!) …

‘Restaurant’ is such a ubiquitous word. Nearly every European language has a version that is similar in structure.

I took out my etymology dictionaries (my pile is growing: French, Swedish, German) to find its root …