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.”