Greek Rooms
Mar. 16th, 2011 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowThe word "attic", meaning a small room below the roof of a building, is derived from "Attica", the ancient name of the region around Athens. I didn't quite understand the explanation in the dictionary, but it has something to do with Athenian - that is, Attic - architecture.
I did not know this.
(The Robin Hobb novel I'm currently reading mentions a "tiring maid". I looked up "tiring", learning that it was derived from "attire"; I followed the lead there, where I found that "attire" is a Germano-Latin hybrid, with the prefix "a[d]-" being attached to a Germanic root. While on that page, I noticed "attic"....)
I did not know this.
(The Robin Hobb novel I'm currently reading mentions a "tiring maid". I looked up "tiring", learning that it was derived from "attire"; I followed the lead there, where I found that "attire" is a Germano-Latin hybrid, with the prefix "a[d]-" being attached to a Germanic root. While on that page, I noticed "attic"....)
