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Halloween Lexis
Wordymology is a series
in which the editors at The Free Dictionary explore the origins of the names of
things
You might know that the weird, wonderful word “Halloween” is an abbreviated form of “Allhallow(s) Even,” the
eve of All Saints’ Day (also called “Allhallows”). But we’ve scared up even more
Halloween word fun, so gather round while we treat you to the tricky
etymologies of these essential Halloween words.
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8 Ways to Say "Yes"
It's just three little letters, but Yes can say
so much.
Yes
Yes is a
very old word. It entered English before 900, and comes from the Old English
word gese loosely meaning "be it." Before the
1600s, yes was often used only as an affirmative to a negative
question, and yea was used as the all-purpose way to say
"yes."
Aye
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