X was rarely used in English dictionaries until Webster's American Dictionary in 1828. Only 13 words started with X in Webster's dictionary. X represents only 0.02% of dictionary words
Spanish months are masculine and not capitalized. Three months have adjective forms: abrileño, marzal, agosteño. Month names come from Latin, reflecting Roman Empire heritage
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was England's greatest writer and national poet. He used over 20,000 words in his works, including 1,700 first noted uses. His plays include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear
Root word is the fundamental unit of a word without affixes. Root words form basis for word families with similar meanings. Words can be built on root words using prefixes and suffixes
French c has two main pronunciations: [sss] before e, i, y and [k] before a, o, u. The letter ç always sounds like [sss]. The c cédille comes from Medieval Spain
Derives from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, possibly from *meh₁- meaning "to measure". Has cognates in various European languages including Scots, Dutch, German, and Latin. Pronunciation varies between Received Pronunciation (/muːn/) and General American (/mun/)