“Fuisce” or “uisce bheatha” (meaning the water of life) is the Irish for whiskey. While the English word has evolved quite a bit from these versions, the basic “shh” sound in the middle and the ending ...

LEXICOLOGYEnglish is a rich melting pot of words borrowed and adapted from languages across the globe. Many long, elegant, or even tongue-twisting English words have surprising backstories that ...

Learn about what a root word is, how to identify the parts of a word with this guide for KS3 English students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

These English words all have Irish roots Think you can't speak Irish! Guess what? You do! These English words have Irish roots, not surprising considering the size of the Irish diaspora!

Like a wandering sailor, the Latin root “porto” has a girl in every . .. well, port. “Porto” means “carry,” and this roamin’ Roman root has sailed into scores of English words ...

Lessons in the Latin roots of words may help Spanish-speaking students who are learning English bridge the gap between the two languages.

The “root” in “root out” comes from the Old English “wrotan,” a word linked to the Old English “wrot,” snout — the part of a pig’s body used to root through the dirt.