The Curious Origins of the Word ‘Family’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) What are the origins of the connection ‘family’, and what does ‘family’ person to bash with the connection ‘familiar’, or, for that matter, with the Latin famulus? We mightiness presume that the etymology of ‘family’ volition beryllium straightforward, denoting a radical of related people, but that meaning of the ... Read more