Dr. Bill Kobb
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[A thread for posting little tidbits of info you may have gained that you weren't previously aware of, thus making it markedly different from the thread already in play about things you would LIKE to learn]
Today I learned:
The word that comes from the Latin for "male sex organ" is "pencil", which derives from penis ("penis" or "tail") via peniculus, "brush", penicullum, "paint brush", and Middle English pensel, among others. "Pencil" and "pen" are unrelated etymologically--the latter comes from the Latin penna, "feather".
Today I learned:
The word that comes from the Latin for "male sex organ" is "pencil", which derives from penis ("penis" or "tail") via peniculus, "brush", penicullum, "paint brush", and Middle English pensel, among others. "Pencil" and "pen" are unrelated etymologically--the latter comes from the Latin penna, "feather".
