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.
Pedigree
Definition: “An ancestral line; line of descent; lineage, ancestry; a genealogical chart, especially of a purebred animal.”
Origin/Derivation: From the French phrase pied du gru meaning “foot of a crane.” Pied comes from the Latin noun pes, pedis meaning “foot”.
Related Words: pedestal, pedestrian, pedicure, pedal, biped, quadruped, expedite
(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)
Trivia Question of the Week:
What are the 12 countries that comprise South America?
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Answer:
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela