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Siesta derives from the Latin voice “sexta”, sixth in English. The Romans divided the day into 24 hours, twelve night hours and twelve day hours, and the Sixth Hour (sexta hora in Latin or hora sexta in spanish) was midday and the hottest part of the day, especially throughout the Mediterranean, so they dedicated that hour to take a rest. since it... See more

Tracing back how Neologisms are born helps us understand why anyone needed this word in the first place. Language is always a response to the evolving world around us – we expand it when our current vocabulary fails to capture what we’re observing, or have a particular desire for how we’d like the future to unfold. Naming is a political act as... See more