Etymology

By Anonymous - 30/06/2016 21:11 - United States - Houston

Today, my sister asked me, while making a cup of green tea with honey, "I wonder why they call it honey?" I replied, "Probably some Greek or Latin word meaning 'to sweeten'." She stopped, turned and with a serious face asked, "Where exactly is Latin?" FML
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Dave_Davington 33

For the record, it actually came from an Old Germanic word meaning "golden yellow". The more you know.

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flamingarrow59 21

Her age could really factor into this. A 7 year saying that would't be that weird, but if your sister is 20 or so, there are some issues.

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NYGiants1925 22

Your sister should not have children op.

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kristinyash 12

I guess if she was a little kid, it wouldn't be to much of a deal to go on FML. So she's just not well educated in some areas, deal with it. Also it's not your kid, so you can blame it all on your parents lol

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species4872 19

Ahhh blondes to be sure

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rameses1210 18

The Latin is mel (whence Fr. miel, eng. mellifluous - flows like honey)

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scyth3s 13

Doesn't she know that Latin is the native language of Latvia??!!

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Bunnyluver 20

I wouldn't be so hard on her since there wasn't many context clues. Even if she took English, History or Geography classes.

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iateapenguin 27

I have a degree in Latin. The FML itself didn't make me cringe, but my god, some of the comments here did.

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