Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common language that all the others evolved from? When were swear words invented? Have words like "dude" and "bro" become gender neutral? Who came up with the word poop? Is "unalived" a real word now? Answers to all of these questions and plenty more await on Etymology Support.
0:00 Etymology Support
0:14 Etymologies rock
1:05 Gender neutral dude bros
2:50 Silent letters: Why?
3:47 “Unalived”
4:55 Grimm's Law
5:57 %^*&*%!!!
6:47 Making up new words
8:41 How did each language form?
12:05 What was there before we had language?
14:06 Orange
14:47 💩
15:09 Fall into Autumn
15:54 Did we ruin demure?
16:35 New Slang
18:00 NO
18:34 The Great Vowel Shift
19:51 Shakespeare!
20:34 Why did we stop saying 'thee' and ‘thou?’
21:57 …..word?
22:21 Pregnant: Origins
23:25 Doggos
Director: Anna O'Donohue
Director of Photography: Caleb Weiss
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Gareth Roberts
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
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