Routine English Words Which Have Weird Origins
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020, 7:17 pm
By:
Tony Williams
#5 Orchid
For some reason there appears to be a fascination with the word testicle as the origin of different words because orchid does indeed come from the Latin and Greek words that mean just that. Apparently it refers to the shape of the root of the orchid, so at least there is some kind of sense attached to it.
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