Do you know where the word 'budget' comes from? Let’s explore the language origins and background of this important money term.

From Icelanders to Sri Lankans, some 3 billion people speak the more than 400 languages and dialects that belong to the Indo-European family. Two fresh studies — one of ancient human DNA, the other a ...

We often hear fascinating stories about how things originated: the universe, the wheel, even pizza. But when it comes to the words we toss around every single day without a second thought, it’s wild ...

For more than 150 years ago, the assumption that language is a singular event has hampered progress in explaining its evolution. Another obstacle was the failure to recognize that certain social ...

Discover 'discombobulated,' a 19th-century American gem meaning confused or bewildered. This expressive word, a playful twist ...

Timothy W. Jones receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Victorian Government. He is currently also the president of the Australian Queer Archives. Recently, a number of people ...

Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language. Credit...Peter Garritano for The New York Times Supported by By ...

Although it is generally agreed that language differentiates humans from other animals, there’s less agreement as to why. Many scholars, notably Noam Chomsky, have argued that it’s grammar that makes ...

India, Jan. 30 -- The language provides us with words that perfectly express noble human traits, and the word "Anathema" serves as one among these terms. The statement describes something or someone ...