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Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common language that all the others evolved from? When were swear words invented? Have words like "dude" and "bro" become gender neutral? Who came up with the word poop? Is "unalived" a real word now? Answers to all of these questions and plenty more await on Etymology Support.\n\n0:00 Etymology Support\n0:14 Etymologies rock\n1:05 Gender neutral dude bros\n2:50 Silent letters: Why?\n3:47 “Unalived”\n4:55 Grimm's Law\n5:57 %^*&*%!!!\n6:47 Making up new words\n8:41 How did each language form?\n12:05 What was there before we had language?\n14:06 Orange\n14:47 💩 \n15:09 Fall into Autumn\n15:54 Did we ruin demure?\n16:35 New Slang\n18:00 NO\n18:34 The Great Vowel Shift\n19:51 Shakespeare!\n20:34 Why did we stop saying 'thee' and ‘thou?’\n21:57 …..word?\n22:21 Pregnant: Origins\n23:25 Doggos\n\nDirector: Anna O'Donohue\nDirector of Photography: Caleb Weiss\nEditor: Richard Trammell\nExpert: Gareth Roberts\nLine Producer: Joseph Buscemi\nAssociate Producer: Brandon White\nProduction Manager: Peter Brunette\nProduction Coordinator: Rhyan Lark\nCasting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer\nCamera Operator: Christopher Eustache\nSound Mixer: Sean Paulsen\nProduction Assistant: Sonia Butt\nPost Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin\nPost Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant\nSupervising Editor: Doug Larsen\nAdditional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia\nAssistant Editor: Andy Morell

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