dragoman
PRONUNCIATION:
(DRAG-uh-man)
MEANING:
noun: An interpreter or guide.
ETYMOLOGY:
The word took a scenic route to its present form via French, Italian,
Latin/Greek, Arabic, and Aramaic, from Akkadian targumanu (interpreter).
Earliest documented use: 1300s. Akkadian is now an extinct Semitic language
once spoken in ancient Mesopotamia and written in cuneiform.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the
child as it is to the caterpillar. -Bradley Miller, activist (b. 1956)
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