An hour with the etymologist

Midmorning listeners supply the words, and word origins expert Anatoly Liberman fills in the history. Find out, for example, how a pothole got its name.

Guests

• Anatoly Liberman: Professor in the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of "Word Origins and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone."

Resources

• About Anatoly Liberman
• The Oxford Etymologist