Not world History. Word History

A Quiz about the history of language and words.
Same as the WWII Quiz
Waiting time=24 Hours

Question 1
Where does the word "ostracize" come from?

Ancient Greek word that meant the banishing of a public figure???

to banish someone. reminds me of outcast.

Moss321
Is right.
It comes from the Greeks word. Every year people of athens got together and voted against someone. If somebody got more than 6,000 votes they had to leave athens for a certain period of time (10 years I think) and they called that prossess ostracizing.

Someone else can ask the next question...because I can't think of any good words at the moment.

Where does the word, uhhh.. never mind. :(

Umm... what about this one: Mithridatise?

Umm... what about this one: Mithridatise?

from mithradates the great

from mithradates the great

Well, you got why it is Mithridatise, but why does it have it's meaning? :)

Well, you got why it is Mithridatise, but why does it have it's meaning? :)

not a clue :D just remembered running across it once

not a clue :D just remembered running across it once

Oh well. I'm sure someone else knows. :king:

It means getting slowly immune to a poison or toxin by taking very small amount of it everyday and increasing the dose over time

It means getting slowly immune to a poison or toxin by taking very small amount of it everyday and increasing the dose over time

Yep :thumbsup: Your turn

Moss321
Is right.
It comes from the Greeks word. Every year people of athens got together and voted against someone. If somebody got more than 6,000 votes they had to leave athens for a certain period of time (10 years I think) and they called that prossess ostracizing.

Just to add a detail to this. The voting itself was done by scratching the name of your chosen candidate for exile on a sherd of broken pottery (the Greek word for which is "ostrakon"). This is what gives the actual name to the process.