LINC Home Study - English Activities Online

	Etymology: a branch of linguistics that studies the origins of words or expressions Words that change by themselves - sometimes words stay the same but their meanings change. Neck Part of the body that joins the head and the upper body. EXAMPLE: The man's neck was red with anger. Neck used to describe a parcel of land as in the "neck of the woods." Tell To give someone information through speech EXAMPLE: Melvin tells great stories to the children. Tell used to mean "to count", as in "bank teller." Deer Four-legged brown animals that are generally found in forests. EXAMPLE: The deer ran across the road and gave us a terrible fright. The meaning of "deer" has become more specific over time. At one point, "deer" meant any animal, but today it refers only to a specific animal.