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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Real Estate and Realtor: Word Origins
It’s been a fairly busy month in language but I haven’t been able stay timely. So many interesting words and usages, so little time! I didn’t want to let a full month slide by without posting on some useful topic … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Things you should know, Words
Tagged definition, estate, etymology, financial, folk etymoloy, Garner, GMAU, interest, latin, legal, oed, personal property, pronunciation, real, real estate, real property, realtor, res, rex
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