April 5th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "ad nauseam"
"ad nauseam"
"To nausea," "to seasickness," "to the point of illness," - we use this Latin expression in English, but rarely consider that our word "nausea" has nautical roots; the "NAU-" root means "ship," so "nausea" literally means "ship-sickness," "sea-sickness," whereas in English we think of it as an all-around turn for an upset stomach . . .
Nonis Aprilibus anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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