The diamond is the hardest substance known, and therefore unbreakable. The word ‘diamond’ is derived from adamas, a Greek word which means ‘unconquerable’. The word adamas was altered to the Latin and early French word diamant and to the English word ‘diamond’.
The name ‘rocket’ comes from the Italian word rocchetta, a name of a small firecracker created by the Italian artificer Muratori in 1379. Rocchetta means ‘little fuse’.
Tripos is the final honours examination for a BA degree at Cambridge University. This word originates from the Latin word tripus, which means ‘tripod’. Tripus refers to the three-legged stool on which a graduate sat to deliver a satirical speech at the degree ceremony.
Lord Byron, also known as George Gordon Byron and 6th Baron Byron, was a famous English poet. He was known to enjoy adventure. He was extremely fond of exercise and sports. He loved swimming and once swam from Sestos in Modern Gallipoli in European Turkey to Abydos in Upper Egypt. He mastered a wide variety of…
In January 1066 at the Battle of Hastings, William, Duke of Normandy, France, conquered England. For the next 300 years, the rulers and nobility of England spoke French, not English.
