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Word Watch: The origins of words.
(EDITORS: Merriam Webster's WORDWATCH, a weekly Q&A on the origins of words, moves each Thursday on the Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; it is available for use by all KRT News Service subscribers.)
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Merriam-Webster's Wordwatch: Discover the origin of more than 1,500 words in Merriam-Webster's ``New Book of Word Histories.''
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Q. I know that Stentor was a Greek herald in the Trojan War. I'm wondering if his name has anything to do with the origin of the English word ``stenography.'' It would kind of make sense, in a way, given that stenographers, like heralds, play a role in passing on public information. Did I guess right?
A. Your guess …
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