Mind Blowing Origins of Everyday Words #shorts #shortsvideo #facts #history #trivia #interesting

[Patrick-mqs]

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[MacMac-zu]

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[tarte]

The question mark is an abbreviation of the latin word short 'qo' (quaestio = I am asking). You write an old cursive q above the o and it becomes '?'. Just like they did with ao (anno) and many other words and sillables. Combining multiple letters into one symbol is called a ligature.

How the hell would medieval Europeans use Egyptian Hyroglyphs? An alphabet that was only rediscovered in the early 19th century.

[midaztouch]

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[wolfsinclairgaming]

Bro, never stop. I love learning where random words come from.

[leathajohnston]

You come up with some very interesting points.

[Egg-]

So glad I found your page. I'm Scottish and had no idea about this little tid bit.
If only all of Scotland's religious history has such a light tone...

[ReginaRedding]

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[wraymond]

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[julietaperez]

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[michaelcarrig]

I am not a religious person, but Duns Scotus is brilliant. His writing on the univocity of being, i.e. that god and other beings are said to exist in the same way, rather than god having suprasensible being, grounds many of the ways that Christians believe today.

[allotheol]

I absolutely love your videos and I give this comment with 100% charity and grace.

The question mark (?) comes from medieval Latin scribes abbreviating "quaestio" as "Qo", with the "Q" above the "o, " which evolved into its curved shape. Another key influence was Alcuin of York, a scholar in Charlemagne’s court, who helped shape early punctuation in Latin texts. Other theories link it to intonation in speech or Greek punctuation, but by the 13th century, it was widely used and became standard in the 15th century. The idea that it came from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs is more myth than history.

I just learned a lot of this from a "The Rest is History" podcast series on Roman and Frankish history. 🎉

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[TONY_REA]

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[cthulholmhastur]

🤔 Totally agree with lisaw! We need more Egyptian-influenced punctuation.

[judyporter]

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[anopinion]

I appreciate the information on John Duns Scotus. I’ll have to read what he wrote.

[jai.aquarian]

Somehow almost everything you make ends up in my shorts folder. History and word origins...good stuff.

[nicoldavis-johnson]

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