Post #3428320
2026-06-27 13:37 UTC
The word ‘quick’ has many surprising relatives.
It’s related to ‘vital’, ‘vivid’, and Spanish ‘vivir’ (to live) via Latin, and to ‘bio-‘ and ‘zoo’ via Ancient Greek.
Germanic relatives include Dutch ‘kweken’ (to grow; to foster) and German ‘keck’ (sassy).
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn how these words are related:
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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk 2026-06-27 16:40
@yvanspijk@toot.community 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔠𝔨 😉