The word paraffin was coined by German scientist Karl von Reichenbach in 1830.Continue reading Paraffin
EVS Translation Blog / Category: Word of the day
24 Oct /13
Scientist
Derived from the Latin scientia meaning expertise, the word scientist was first used in print in 1834 by William Whewell, a true Renaissance Man who would also coin the word physicist.Continue reading Scientist
23 Oct /13
Abseil
In 1908 the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal made its lasting contribution to the English language with the first use of abseil.Continue reading Abseil
22 Oct /13
Glitterati / Glitzy
In the 1950s, fashionable figures in the world of show business became known as the glitterati.Continue reading Glitterati / Glitzy
21 Oct /13
John Stevens – translator of the day
John Stevens (1662 – 1726) was an accomplished translator of Latin and French, and is perhaps most notable as one of the first scholars to take Spanish language works into English.Continue reading John Stevens – translator of the day
