Today’s word is going to be short and sweet, but interesting nevertheless!
This one is totally for my husband, who asked a few weeks ago if ruminate was related to cows. Cue me going, “Uh…” and reaching for my phone.
Turns out that, yes. Yes, it is. Ruminate has been around since the 1530s, meaning “to turn over in the mind.” But it’s straight from the Latin word rumen, which means…gullet. And hence ruminare, which means “to chew the cud,” like a cow.
So when you’re ruminating on something, you’re chewing the cud. In your brain.
You’re welcome. 😉
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Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.
First, I’m so happy to receive an email on Holy Thursday!
Second, I thought that’s what it meant!
Finally, you have inspired me to read that book – it has been waiting on my bookshelf for ever and it seems like now is a good time to get to it. It is Brant Peter’s book, right?
Beginning as soon as I finish prayers-yes, you are included.
Thank-you and God bless,
Yep, that’s the one! My husband had read it years ago at a friends’ house and he said we totally had to join this study. It’s SO good! (And always THANK YOU for the prayers!)