50 common words you probably didn't realize were invented in the '70s

Many of the words that came to be in the 1970s have become staples in today's vocabulary while others have simply faded out ...
Bustle

And The Most Commonly-Used English Word Is...

Have you ever wondered what the most common word in the English language is? Well, good news — not only has that research already been conducted, but even better, the YouTube channel Abacaba has taken ...
GIGAZINE

Five simple words, like 'boy' and 'dog,' whose origins are unclear and have puzzled linguists

trace the evolution of words by using such ' cognate words,' or words with the same origin, but there are also 'endemic words' that have no similar words in other languages. Linguist Francesco Perono ...
Phys.org

Five common English words we don't know the origins of—including 'boy' and 'dog'

The English lexicon includes some terms known as "proper words," which today apparently exist only in English. Cognates for them cannot be found in any other language. These are very simple and common ...