Thursday, August 11, 2005

 

Brain Teaser

What do the etymologies of all the following English words have in common?
  1. feisty
  2. fizzle
  3. partridge
  4. petard
  5. pumpernickel
You can find the answer by following the links (all to entries in Douglas Harper's indispensable Online Etymology Dictionary).

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:29 AM


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