LanguageLog has
an entry today about the etymology of "worm" and its relation to "crimson". Yes, they're related. The kind of wandery philological explorations required to connect them are exactly what I used to do when I was in high school, with my Merriam-Webster Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, for fun (Did you know "cuneiform" is related to "
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That's one of my very favorite factoids.
Mmmmmm, wedge-shaped.
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I've been wanting to tie my middle name "Cunnison" to "cunt" etc. but I'm not sure if it will hold up to philological scrrutiny.
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