Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Let's look at the origins of the words for traditional trades: the butcher, the baker, the cobbler maker and beyond! And remember to head to squarespace.com/robwords to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code robwords.
Find out:
🔪 Which animal a BUTCHER is named after
🥖 The surprising old name for a lady BAKER
🕯️ How candles are linked with candidates
🔨 What CARPENTERS originally made
👞 Why COBBLERS are associated with nonsense
🌍 Which country copper is named after
...and lots more!
As well as the three fellas from the nursery rhyme, we also look at the origins of cobbler, carpenter and blacksmith. And I get interrupted by a cat.
#etymology #words #english
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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Origins of "trade" and "profession"
2:11 BUTCHER
3:18 BAKER: baxter, brown & white bread
5:17 SQUARESPACE
6:10 CANDLESTICK MAKER: candle, candid, candidate
7:46 BLACKSMITH: origin, whitesmith, coppersmith, copper, poet
9:27 COBBLER: talking cobblers, cobbler dessert
11:08 Cat interruption
11:45 CARPENTER: origin, real meaning, Zimmermann
13:23 Goodbye
Let's look at the origins of the words for traditional trades: the butcher, the baker, the cobbler maker and beyond! And remember to head to squarespace.com/robwords to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code robwords.
Find out:
🔪 Which animal a BUTCHER is named after
🥖 The surprising old name for a lady BAKER
🕯️ How candles are linked with candidates
🔨 What CARPENTERS originally made
👞 Why COBBLERS are associated with nonsense
🌍 Which country copper is named after
...and lots more!
As well as the three fellas from the nursery rhyme, we also look at the origins of cobbler, carpenter and blacksmith. And I get interrupted by a cat.
#etymology #words #english
==
Check me out on Twitter & TikTok:
twitter.com/robwordsYT
tiktok.com/@robwords
==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Origins of "trade" and "profession"
2:11 BUTCHER
3:18 BAKER: baxter, brown & white bread
5:17 SQUARESPACE
6:10 CANDLESTICK MAKER: candle, candid, candidate
7:46 BLACKSMITH: origin, whitesmith, coppersmith, copper, poet
9:27 COBBLER: talking cobblers, cobbler dessert
11:08 Cat interruption
11:45 CARPENTER: origin, real meaning, Zimmermann
13:23 Goodbye
