My mind is blown. It's not called a "Barn Dance", but a "Barne's Dance" after a specific person, Henry Barnes.
Now I'm starting to wonder what other simple, common phrases in my life are actually incorrect.
Now I'm starting to wonder what other simple, common phrases in my life are actually incorrect.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School
"The word school derives from Greek σχολή (scholē), originally meaning "leisure" and also "that in which leisure is employed"".
"derived from Greek παιδαγωγός, paidagōgós, παιδ- "child" + ἀγειν "to lead", which originally referred to a slave who escorted children to and from school"
It is remarkable how easy it is to find out an English word's etymology, which is very hard if not impossible in most other languages.
http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/h%C3%B4pital
En français, naturallement!