
#A126 (allelopathy to alleviate)
The Dictionary by Spencer Parks
E129
Jun 14, 2019
07:32
Episode notes
I read from allelopathy to alleviate.
Some info about the history of the Allen wrench (aka: hex key). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with the etymology for the word "allergy". It comes from the two Greek word "allos" and "ergon" but I found 4 or 5 sources (including this dictionary) that disagree with how to translate "ergon". It's so interesting! I still don't know which was is the most accurate but that's ok. (I think this is the most links I've ever given you for one word) https://longreads.com/2015/10/27/the-word-allergy-didnt-exist-until-1906/ ...