Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology Folklore Winner of the 2023 Pura

Winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Award for Children's Text

A Kirkus Best Book of 2023

and keeping an open mind

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Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology Folklore Winner of the 2023 PuraThe English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It's where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and stitched unceremoniously back together with misunderstood snippets of languages snatched from the wreckage of conquest and colonialism. It wreaks merciless havoc upon grammar and spelling. It turns clinical terms into insults and children's tales into filthy