Words get new meanings while losing old ones. 24/7 Tempo used the Oxford University and Dictionary.com collaboration Lexico.com’s list of Archaic Words That Used To Be Common In English to ...

Old words with new meanings Catfish— in its verb form—once meant “to fish for catfish.” Now it means that and “to trick someone online by setting up a fake profile.” ...

But when the word entered English from Old Norse in the 13th century, it also had a positive meaning: skillful, clever, knowing, and wise. It’s related to “sleight,” as in “sleight of hand ...

New meanings for old words. ... English is famously a language that is constantly remaking itself, changing and adapting to new developments, absorbing words from a wide variety of sources.

Like many languages, English borrows words and phrases from others. Here are the surprising origins of 10 everyday words.

It comes from an old French word for a bite of food or a piece of something. When the word crossed over to use in English language it was translated as 'gob' associated with the mouth. You must ...

The word had roots in Middle and Old English and was akin to bloom. Now it has many other meanings, including a sudden strike or shock, and to send forth a current of air. It’s also slang for ...