"Lesbian" is a demonym for the inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos, so why does it today describe female homosexuality?

Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common language ...

In 1871, Darwin hypothesized that “the difference in mind between man and the higher animals…is one of degree and not of kind.” In the case of language, attempts to define that degree have been an ...

The etymology, or origin, of words and phrases we say every day come from all over the place. What's really surprising is how often the things we say all the time can trace the roots back to the sea ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has added eight words drawn from South Korean culture in its latest quarterly update, Oxford ...

THERE has been a remarkable surge of global interest in Japan recently, a trend most visibly evidenced by the dramatic influx ...