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TED-ED: Mysteries of vernacular: Gorgeous - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
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The video explores the etymology of the word 'gorgeous', tracing its origins from the Latin 'gurges', meaning whirlpool and throat, to its transformation in England as 'gorge', and later in France as 'gorgias', a term for a fashionable wimple. The word evolved into Middle English as 'gorgayse' and finally became 'gorgeous', associated with beauty and elegance.
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