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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

By Mark Forsyth
Narrated by: Don Hagen
Unabridged — 7 hours, 1 minutes
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By Mark Forsyth
Narrated by: Don Hagen
Unabridged — 7 hours, 1 minutes
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Do you know why...

...a mortgage is literally a death pledge? ...why guns have girls' names? ...why salt is related to soldier?

You're about to find out...

The Etymologicon (e-t?-`mä-lä-ji-kän) is:
*Witty (wi-te\): Full of clever humor
*Erudite (er-?-dit): Showing knowledge
*Ribald (ri-b?ld): Crude, offensive


The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language. It explains: how you get from “gruntled” to “disgruntled”; why you are absolutely rig...