In this final instalment of ‘Show Me Your Metal’, we shall look at four metallic elements which were not known to the ancients, but whose...

Greetings all, welcome to part two of three in the series on Greek and Latin derived symbols in the periodic table. This article...

Okay, so I am a better Classicist than I am a comedian. And so in this entry for Wordy Wonders, we look at the origins of key chemical...

I like the word INEVITABLE. Not because I particularly like its meaning, but because I like the story of its journey into English....

There’s nothing like a good joke! And lots of words related to humour and comedy come from Latin or Greek. So, we have a funny flavour...

Wordy Weekly 2022 – Introduction Just over a year ago in January 2021, the very first Wordy Weekly was BloggusClassicus’ very first post....

Wordy Weekly XXXIII Do you know a good punning put down? I do indeed, there is no better put down than a Latin deponent verb. (Dr...