Episode Notes
What can the single word
company tell us about the haphazard way that language often changes? For starters, we might not have that word in English at all if it weren’t for a single ancient text containing the Late Latin “companio”—modeled after a Germanic word meaning “with bread” and used to denote a dining companion. Follow the fascinating twists and turns all the way to Sondheim!
Podcast production by Mike Vuolo.