Etymology Word of the Week

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.

 

Dilapidated

Definition: “reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.” 

Origin/Derivation: From the Latin stems dis- meaning “asunder; into pieces” and lapidare meaning “to throw stones at”, which itself comes from lapis, lapidis meaning “stone”.  

Related Words: lapis lazuli (stone of azure), lapidary (one skilled in working with precious stones), lapidation (stoning to death, or the act of throwing stones at someone as a punishment)

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

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

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Trivia Question of the Week:

 

What Southern US city is nicknamed the "Crescent City”?

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Answer:

New Orleans, Louisiana