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.
Ruminate
Definition: “To ponder; to meditate or muse; to turn over in the mind; (figurative) to chew the cud.”
Origin/Derivation: From the Latin noun rumen, ruminis meaning “gullet, throat” and the Latin verb ruminare meaning “to chew the cud” or “to turn over in the mind”.
Related Words: ruminants (cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadruped mammals such as cattle, sheep, goats, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes and giraffes); FUN FACT: ruminants regurgitate and re-swallow their food to help with digestion.
(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:
"When in Rome...”
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do as the Romans do.”