This word came from the Dutch word baas, meaning "master."

It caught on (against the objections of some word snobs) and eventually became "boss."

Dating back to the 1400s, this word stemmed from the Latin cubiculum, meaning "sleeping area"

Its use as any partitioned space didn’t surface until the 1920s.

The phrase "fired out," meaning to throw out or eject someone from a place, was first used in 1871.

Before an old-time apprentice sailor could really help out on a big ship, he had to learn which ropes had what effect on which sails.

computer operators used to go on shifts, they’d have to write everything they did in a paper log

From the Latin word "to be remembered,"

has military origins: soldiers in formation marched side by side (rank) and one behind the other (file).

The word dates back to the 1200s, to the funky English-French word siwte

team was applied to a group of draft animals yoked together.