Language is like a living museum, where words carry fragments of the past, often hidden in plain sight. Over centuries, as languages evolve and meanings shift, ancient roots can become embedded in modern words, quietly carrying their original significance into contexts far removed from their origins. These fragments often go unnoticed, leaving us unaware of the vivid history tucked into our everyday speech.Take muscle, for example, derived from the Latin musculus, meaning "little mouse." The Romans thought flexing muscles resembled mice scurrying under the skin—a delightful image now forgotten by most. Similarly, salary hides its root in salarium, a reference to salt, once a form of Roman payment. Words like window (vindauga, "wind-eye" in Old Norse) and umbrella (from umbra, Latin for "shade") also preserve ancient nouns, their original meanings obscured by time and usage.
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