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Etymology Word of the Week

Director of Admissions Pat O'Rourke '90, a self-proclaimed "word nerd," brings you his Etymology Word of the Week. Every other week he presents an online Etymology lesson just for fun!

Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd."  Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast.  Here then is this week’s edition of the Etymology Word of the Week.

Solstice

Definition: “Either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.”

Origin/Derivation: From the Latin noun sol, solis meaning “the Sun” and the Latin verb sisto, sistere meaning “to stand still, stop”.

Related Words: parasol, solar, solarium, armistice.

 

 


(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)



“Old Saw” of the Week:
See if you can “complete the phrase” of this time-worn (but true!) adage:


"Variety is...”



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the spice of life.”