Movies and TvShows featuring "etymology" theme.

In the late 19th century, Professor James Murray embarks on a mission to compile a comprehensive dictionary of the English language, enlisting the help of Dr. William Minor, an inmate at a lunatic asylum. As they work together, their unlikely collaboration becomes a fascinating tale of redemption, insanity, and the power of words.

Host Zach Selwyn hits the streets to ask everyday people what they know about the origins and meaning of American slang, and then he reveals the true etymology and hidden history of common phrases and words that are unique to the United States. In each 30-minute episode, Selwyn focuses on a specific period in American history, revealing words that originated during that era or had significance for the geographic region.

In this documentary, renowned comedian interviews people on the street to discuss the usage, history, and cultural significance of the word 'fuck'. The film explores the controversy and the freedom of speech issues related to the word and its impact in society.

An unapologetically romantic tale about an adulterous young woman struggling to rebuild her life and a painter suffering from undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome.

The Disappointment: Or, The Force of Credulity is a documentary about the search for four lost treasures buried on a single farm in Missouri. These treasures include a Spanish explorer's gold, silver from the Civil War, mysterious stone carvings, lost texts, and a wife's attempt to heal her husband and protect herself and her children. Part personal documentary and part historical essay, The Disappointment traces the patterns of cultural forgetting etched in a Midwestern landscape.

A compendium of invented words written that aims to fill holes in the language to give a name to emotions we all feel but don't have a word for.