Introduce comes from the Latin Introducere composed of intro (in) + ducere (lead, lead). It’s definition is: bring/lead in It is interesting to note that the predominant meanings of the word introduce in English are ‘to use something for the first time’, and ‘to present or to be presented to someone’. That is, to bring to knowledge something to someone. The Latin word ducere also gave rise to the words duct, educate, produce, and so on.
Barbarian comes from the Greek barbaros, an onomatopoeic word to refer to the foreigners whose languages the Greeks did not understand and interpreted as bar bar bar (similar to ‘blah blah blah’ in English). It reveals the linguistic prejudice of the ancient Greeks, who, despite their great contribution to humanity in the arts and sciences, have totally neglected to study languages and cultures different from their own. Subsequently, the word came to be used with…
The term Soap opera is composed of the words soap + opera and its origin is not so old. The radio-theater from the 1930’s and television from the 1950’s in the US, popularized melodramatic dramas portraying everyday domestic situations. Those American television programs were (as they are still today) predominantly were aired after lunch, and were aimed primarily at the female audience. It is necessary to understand that at the time the cosmetics industry did not have the same variety of supposedly…
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