Are turkeys from Turkey? Where are they actually from? India or Peru?
https://mapologies.com/animal

#etymology #etymolgymap #map #mapologies #bird #animal #meat #lingusiticmap #languagemap

The color pink was introduced in the vocabulary late, like orange and violet. In many languages, it was taken from the French word rose, which appeared around the 12th century. The color in Welsh and English, pink, is named after the flower Dianthus plumarius.

https://mapologies.com/colors/

#map #mapologies #etymolgymap #languagemap #color #rosa #rose #pink

Wien, Vienna, Viena... what about Bécs, Beč & Dunaj? Are we still talking about the same city?
YES, we do.

https://mapologies.com/cities/

#mapologies #map #language #etymolgymap #austria

#Tea in different #languages. Despite the differences, they all come from the same #Chinese character 茶, pronounced te or caa in each region. The word traveled westwards thanks to Persian, Dutch & Portuguese.

More plants here:
http://mapologies.com/herbs

#te #caj #etymology #map #mapologies #the #tee #cha #plant #herb #history #say #drink #caffeine #etymolgymap #etimologia #botany #herb #camellia #china #persian #portuguese #polish #dutch #commerce #east #west #language