Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Friday, 19 June 2026

Origins

of almost words composing
the English language.






Words such as
aubergine and spinach,
derived from Persian,
are not represented.


(from Jeremy Butterfield's Damp Squid)

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