Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It looks at all parts of the phenomenon

Languages change over time. Here is the Lord’s Prayer from the King Jame’s Bible Thy

Languages are messy. They borrow words from each other, have irregular verbs and their spelling

heart and discord “heart” comes from Old English “heorte”, from Proto Germanic *hertô, from Proto

When I was growing up, words just seemed random. That was a dog, this was

“boon” meaning “blessing, benefit” come from Old Norse “bón” where it meant “prayer” or “petition”.