TIL the nautical term "head" (meaning "toilet") is so named because the toilets (which were just holes in the deck) were historically placed at the front of the ship (because it's downwind on a sailboat).

ugh i told some people yesterday that "pesto" and "pate" were cognates, but i was full of shit

anyway enjoy these still interesting etymology trees i made

as an electrical engineer, i was so sure that "buck converters" were named after some guy named "mr buck"

in english, have you noticed how so many mexico-related words end with t or l (plus a vowel)?

it's because, in nahuatl, all regular nouns must end with /li/, /tl/, or /tli/ (depending on the underlying root), which was imported (via spanish) as l/t (+vowel), or similar. i made a list of them!

The etymology of Tomales Bay (from Coast Miwok) is unrelated to tamales (from Nahuatl). That said, here is a photo of me eating one in Tomales Bay.