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Originally Posted By: mitchpowellI find often times that the etymology of the word in the "A.Word.A.Day" email informs me of the roots of a given word, and then lists other words supposed to share the same root, which don't seem to be very related at all.
I find myself wishing that Anu would spot these difficult-to-see correlations and maybe help me out somehow; perhaps by pointing out where the similarity lies.
Yes I see that too, but do you need to be spoon-feed? I like to do my own research, that way I get more out of it.
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