The random etymology of the day

[rivka]

It would explain the gourmet tendencies.

The hints were there from the beginning-- a trail of tiny breadcrumbs!

Exactly.

Side note: I love that that's the name of the species.

Right? Lower Decks was a brilliant show.

It so was.

[Tante Shvester]

Sacrum, meaning butt, is from the same root word as Sacred.  It's not the first part that I think of when I think of what parts of the body might be the holiest, but I guess tastes vary.

[Jonathon]

Huh. I'd never thought about its etymology before.

compound bone at the base of the spine, 1753, from Late Latin os sacrum "sacred bone," from Latin sacrum, neuter of sacer "sacred" (see sacred). Said to be so called because the bone was the part of animals that was offered in sacrifices. The Late Latin phrase is a translation of Greek hieron osteon. Greek hieros also can mean "strong" (see ire), and some sources suggest the Latin is a mistranslation of Galen, who was calling it "the strong bone."

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