I first encountered Welsh rarebit at Lord’s, the British bistro in New York City, and it was love at first sight. But I didn’t actually attempt to make the dish myself after that first delicious ...

Flake out: This phrase comes from when a crew would ‘flake out’ an anchor chain (lay it out flat) on the deck to check the ...

Uncover the fascinating Viking-age monetary system with the analysis of a thousand-year-old iron ring from Sweden.

Mr. Tonelli bookends “Matter,” with personal reminiscences and etymological asides that provide ... Aristotle rejected the theory, asking, for instance, why it should be impossible to cut ...

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University together with their colleagues are researching two endangered Ob-Ugric languages ...

While etymology links it to the Sanskrit root ... It will also provide new support for the Nostratic theory, which states that there was a common language between Europe and Asia, as well ...

The term “Tangka” refers to a Tibetan silver coin that has been coined since the mid 1600s. The third popular theory of the origin of the etymology of Ngultrum is that it is derived from Taka. Also ...

Ok, or okay, is one of the most frequently used words in the English language, but does it have a Greek origin? One theory on the etymology of OK is that it was originally an acronym for the Greek ...

The answers come thick and fast in The Heart of the Matter, a compilation of essays chronicling Bakhurst’s 30-year intellectual journey, which begins by presenting thinkers who were terra incognita ...

This theory aligns with the historical and cultural links between Songhai, Borgu, and Oyo, including the spread of Islam to both Borgu and Yoruba land by Songhai-speaking Mande from ancient Mali ...