Forgetting Your Roots
Words have a way of rebelling against their etymological parents, acquiring meanings of their own.
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Many new words are formed by the coming together of two or more existing ones. Over time, however, that neologism may drift in meaning—or adopt a metaphorical connotation—such that it’s no longer the semantic sum of its parts. John McWhorter explains.
Podcast production by Mike Vuolo.
