Each new season opens the way for a specific vocabulary.
December is no exception.
Have you noticed?
We are already talking about
"decorations"
,
"tree"
,
"gifts"
,
"candles"
and of course
"Christmas"
.
The twelfth month of the year has come stealthily, heralding festivities and family reunions.
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December and Christmas are each year accompanied by a procession of traditions, which influence our way of acting, but also of speaking.
Some of these words have amazing origins.
Thus
“illuminations”
, which adorn our streets and compete in inventiveness to beautify cities.
Did you know that this word could designate in the 17th century a
"great feast"
?
It is borrowed from the Low Latin
illuminatio, "action of enlightening",
especially in the Christian language:
"action of making clear, evident, luminous"
but also
"light, guide, inspiration, radiance, appearance."
"Advent", "candles," Christmas "
... The editorial team invites you to (re) discover the meaning of these December words.
Will you go to the end of this test?