Spelunking Into the World of Etymology

I'm intrigued by the meanings of words & where they came from. I'm been perusing the etymology books from the Harold Washington Library Center, and found some pretty neat things. My favorite of these word books so far is Word Nerd, by Barbara Ann Kipfer.

I've decided to sketch some of these findings. This week, in conjunction with Illustration Friday's topic, "Subterranean," I drew "Spelunking."

From Kipfer's Word Nerd: Spelunker: Cave explorer / speleologist. It comes from the Latin word for cave, 'spelunca.' (In Greek it's 'spelynx').

Songs:

Spelunking - Laura Veirs (YouTube)

The New Underground - Guster (iLike Pop-Up)