Ye olde word

What does the word cereal and panic have to do with Greek mythology? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cereal [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cereal#:~:text=More%20About%20cereal-,Cereal%20Has%20Roots%20in%20Roman%20Myth,came%20to%20carry%20her%20name] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)] https://drhoffman.com/article/the-origin-of-panic-3/ [https://drhoffman.com/article/the-origin-of-panic-3/] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-mythological-origin-of-panic [https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-mythological-origin-of-panic] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos] https://www.etymonline.com/word/victory [https://www.etymonline.com/word/victory] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(mythology) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(mythology)] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanus]

Are the words humid and humour related? What does the word melancholy have to do with bile? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-word-humor/ [https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-word-humor/] https://www.britannica.com/science/humor-ancient-physiology [https://www.britannica.com/science/humor-ancient-physiology] https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/29/the-etymology-of-humor/ [https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/29/the-etymology-of-humor/] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/112655/how-did-the-word-humor-which-originally-represented-bodily-fluids-end-up-rep [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/112655/how-did-the-word-humor-which-originally-represented-bodily-fluids-end-up-rep] https://www.thecolourworks.com/hippocrates-galen-the-four-humours/ [https://www.thecolourworks.com/hippocrates-galen-the-four-humours/]

What does the word 'ado' mean in the phrase much ado about nothing? Why do we say fast food and not quick food? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_word [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_word] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fossil-words/shod-in-slipshod-and-roughshod [https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fossil-words/shod-in-slipshod-and-roughshod] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_binomial [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_binomial] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_collocations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_collocations] https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm [https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm] http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Malkiel1959.pdf [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Malkiel1959.pdf]

What does pandemic and pandemonium have in common? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://letsproofread.com/text/124/ https://wordhistories.net/2016/08/25/pandemonium/ https://blog.oup.com/2008/10/pandemonium/ https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemonium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pand%C3%A6monium_(Paradise_Lost) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost

Was the animal sloth named after the Cardinal sin or was it the other way around? Listen to this episode to find out! Sources: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloth https://mashedradish.com/2016/02/26/sloth/ https://www.etymonline.com/word/sloth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth_(deadly_sin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acedia