Like a lot of food-related words, "omelet" comes from French. Its origin has nothing to do with eggs.

"Humble" came from French, which took it from Latin. It's always meant "lowly," although that's not how people use it today.

A lavaliere is a fancy pendant. It's also a type of microphone. To find the origin, we go back to 17th-century France.

"Memorial" comes from Latin and is related to a slew of other English words, including "remember" and "memorandum."

"Waxing," "waning," "crescent" and "gibbous" go back a long, long time.

"Whiskey" has been through some changes in its journey to English from (no surprise) Gaelic.

May 1 is May Day (two words) in the United States. Don't confuse it with "mayday" (one word), the distress call for pilots.

The often misused "verbiage" has been around for a few centuries, and its corrupt offspring, "verbage," is older than you might think.

"Easter" goes back to Old English and then goes back further. Celebrations of spring are older than Jesus.

"Rhythm" and "rhyme" are related words, both in meaning and etymology.