The Secret Lives of Words: From Rome to Apalachicola

by Richard A. LaFleur

(B/W photos; edition with color photos also on AMAZON) DID YOU KNOW that LINGUistics and LINGUine have come to us from the same Latin word, lingua, a noun meaning "tongue" (like the one in your mouth) which dates back MILLENNia (from mille/thousand + annus/year)? Or that the Romans were crazy about OYSTERs (ostreae) and WINe (vinum), but didn't much care for beer (cervesia, source of Mexican CERVEZA)? Or why they called their 12th month DECEMber,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1074538250
• ISBN13: 9781074538255
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.6" x 7.0"