From Nahuatl comes the Spanish voice “aguacate” (“avocado” in English) In both cases, the shape of this fruit gives its name. It is tempting to deduce that the Spanish word “avocado” comes from ...

The Spanish word for what speakers of American English call “corn,” mahiz (now maíz) first shows up in 1500 in Columbus’s diary. The Taino word was mahiz or mahís. 10.

Sight, site and cite are examples of homophones - words that sound the same but are spelt differently. In this lesson, learn how to use these words correctly. Sight involves seeing using your eyes ...

For the first time, a brain implant has helped a bilingual person who is unable to articulate words to communicate in both of his languages. An artificial-intelligence (AI) system coupled to the ...