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Mapologiesmapologies
2025-03-09

The word “tea” takes on various forms in different languages. Yetit does not matter weather you say te or cha, herbata or çay, they all trace their origins back to the Chinese character for tea 茶.

mapologies.com/herbs/

Etymology map of tea (camellia sinensis)
Mapologiesmapologies
2025-01-18

Is "Art" or ? The grammatical of the word "art" in different

Read more here: mapologies.com/a-r-t/

Map of the grammatical gender of art
Mapologiesmapologies
2024-06-14

Apricot (prunus armenica) derived from Arabic al-barquq, literally “the-plum”, taken from Byzantine Greek berikokkia, probably from Latin (mālum) praecoquum “early-ripening (fruit)”

mapologies.com/fruits

etymology map of apricot
Mapologiesmapologies
2024-02-15

The etymology of the word "wall" reveals intriguing linguistic borders. Broadly categorized, these etymological origins fall into three main groups: those derived from Latin "murus" or "vallis," those stemming from Proto-Slavic "zidъ" or "stěna", and those originating from Persian "divâr."

FInd more maps on our web: mapologies.com/linguistic-wall

The etymology of the word wall
Mapologiesmapologies
2024-02-10

Do you have a ...? If you are a smoker or not, you might need sometimes a lighter:
In Spanish, encendedor, mechero, yesquero or fosforera.

Find more interesting words at mapologies.com/el-atlas/

Lighter in Spanish: encendedor, yesquero, mechero, fosforera...
Javier 🖖🏃‍♂️🌻🍉🟥🟨🟪runjaj
2023-10-10

Maripis Euskal Herrian??? Bai, zera!

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mapologies@mastodon.social - Sneakers 👟👟 or trainers in #Spanish from Spain.  Which one do you use more often?  

mapologies.com/sneakers-in-spa

#spanish #español #españa #zapatillas #tenis #vambas #deportivos #playeras #maripis #sneakers  #map #mapologic #mapologies #vocabulary #region #spain

Mapologiesmapologies
2023-06-18

There are many words in Spanish that mean "bow tie": it might be a "little bun", "little bird" or even a "little cat".
What do you call it in your language? we are wondering if other languages also have such a big diversity of terms

More maps of Spanish words here:
www.mapologies.com/el-atlas

A map of the word "bow tie" in Spanish: moñito, pajarita, corbatín, humita.
2023-06-03

Happy Friday to everyone!
Most languages named #friday after the #roman goddess Venus or the #norse goddess Frigg. Other languages just call it the fifth day or #portugese "sixth day". In #arabic is the "day of gathering" but for in Icelandic is the "day of fasting".

What about other languages?

mapologies.com/time

#mapologies #time #day #etymology #map #friday #freitag #viernes #mapologic #week #map #etymology #vendredi #divendres #vineri #cuma #patek #piatek #pentek #fredag #pjatnica

Map of the word Friday in different languages and its etymology

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