by Jill Tomey | May 25, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Creativity Word Origin The word Create comes from early 15c., Latin creatus, which means to bring into being, Can you see how creativity can manifest new ideas? Sign Language Creativity Fruitless (use second definition) Can...
by Jill Tomey | May 24, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Enthusiasm Word Origin The word Enthusiasm comes from French enthousiasme (16c.) and directly from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Greek enthousiasmos meaning divine inspiration. Can you see how Enthusiasm is inspiring? Sign Language ...
by Wilson Walmsley | Apr 15, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Self-control Word Origin The word Control comes from the Anglo-French word Contreroller. Contreroller means to “Exert authority”. Control also comes from the Latin word Contra, which means “Against”. The word Self comes from the Old English...
by Wilson Walmsley | Mar 5, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Justice Word Origin The word Justice comes from the Latin word Iūstitia. The original sense was righteousness and equity. Can you see how being Just makes one righteous? Sign Language Justice Corruption Can you see how Justice...
by Jill Tomey | Jan 20, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Honesty Word Origin The word Honesty is from the Latin honestas. The original sense was ‘respectability,’ later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity.’ Can you see how being Honest gives one respectability? Sign Language Honest Dishonest Can you see...
by Jill Tomey | Dec 26, 2023 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Determination In Other Languages Spanish – determinación French – détermination German – Entschlossenheit Italian – determinazione Romanian – Determinare Czech – odhodlání For other character...
