#A126 (allelopathy to alleviate)

2019-06-14

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I read from allelopathy to alleviate. Some info about the history of the Allen wrench (aka: hex key).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with the etymology for the word "allergy". It comes from the two Greek word "allos" and "ergon" but I found 4 or 5 sources (including this dictionary) that disagree with how to translate "ergon". It's so interesting! I still don't know which was is the most accurate but that's ok. (I think this is the most links I've ever given you f...

I read from allelopathy to alleviate.

Some info about the history of the Allen wrench (aka: hex key).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with the etymology for the word "allergy". It comes from the two Greek word "allos" and "ergon" but I found 4 or 5 sources (including this dictionary) that disagree with how to translate "ergon". It's so interesting! I still don't know which was is the most accurate but that's ok. (I think this is the most links I've ever given you for one word)
https://longreads.com/2015/10/27/the-word-allergy-didnt-exist-until-1906/
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/allergy
https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=en&text=%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%94%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CE%BD#Ancient_Greek

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