Washington County News | 1908-07-30 | Page 6 | Origin of Common Words

origin of common words alligator Is merely another form of the spanish el lagarto the lizard shakespeare classed the alligator as a fish to judge from romeo s alon of the contents ot the apothem carys shop an alligator stuff d and other suna of 11 shaped fishes soma what like alligator the lizard the which merely means saw and ostrich which comes from the latin word for a bird and a greek word that meant either a sparrow or an ostrich as the case might be iny bird la fact the ostrich 13 just the bird bird according to etymology