BETWEEN TWO IBERIAS

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PAPYRUS

Che Tosco May 29, 2025

The pair "პატული = ფათური" from Otari Kajaia’s dictionary demonstrates that the Georgian letters "პ" and "ფ" can be interchang…

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COÑO

Che Tosco May 24, 2025

The ambiguous Spanish word "coño" (konyo), which Cubans use to express all sorts of emotions, and which, actually, means a female organ, may also hav…

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SALARY

Che Tosco May 24, 2025

The widely accepted theory—that salary comes from Roman soldiers being paid in salt —is questionable. The idea that wages were based on salt rather than mea…

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FUTURE

Che Tosco May 24, 2025

The phrase "Divination by smoke is one of the oldest ways to foresee the future..." highlights the words "SMOKE" and "FUTURE" …

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JAGUAR

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

Did you know that a jaguar’s footprint differs from that of a puma ? Based on the materials at this source , the key distinction lies in the heel pad —the jag…

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CHIMICHURRI

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

Chimichurri is a well-known sauce served with meat—I was offered it in Argentina . It is considered South American in origin, but its etymology is highly pro…

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LUDETANI

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

Anyone who has carefully examined Ptolemy’s map of Spain will have noticed a vertically written name near Valencia , identifying a local tribe called Ludetan…

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ALBACETE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

The famous Spanish city of Albacete presents an inconsistency in its official etymology. Linguists claim it derives from the Arabic "Al-Basit," mea…

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ANDALUZ

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

This story is a clear demonstration of the decline of Spanish etymology—alongside linguistics and history. Let’s begin with the official account of the origin …

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MAPACHE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

In Spanish, the word for raccoon is mapache . Official etymologies offer no definitive explanation, merely attributing it to an indigenous Nahuatl origin. Ho…

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EUROPE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

The etymology of the word "Europe" is quite clear. As expected, its structure is perfectly Megrelian . The term "Európa" follows the Megr…

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MESACHE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

In Aragonese, the word for "boy" is mesache . Interestingly, the feminine form mesacha is used only in the Echo Valley rather than across the entir…

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ORANGE, NARANJA, LARANJA

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

As is well known, the word "orange" appears in European languages in at least three closely related forms: orange , naranja , and laranja —found in …

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MUNDO

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

The version about the Spanish mundo (world) being a derivative of the Megrelian "mundi" (arse) is not so unusual. Actually, it is most likely fair. C…

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MUCHACHO

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

In Old Spanish, the word for "boy" was mochacho , later evolving into muchacho . Spanish linguists struggle to explain its etymology, often referenci…

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SAMBUMBE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

And another rare word from the Spanish dictionary is "sambumbe", a vegetable dish made from bananas or pumpkin. In the historical dictionary of Malaw…