Etymological Stories

Etymology is a science which shows the origin of words in a language, investigates when they emerged, where they came from, what stages they went through, deals with the history of both form and meaning of words, examines the origin of a word or word element, when it entered the language, what changes it has undergone. The stories of terms related to medicine/veterinary medicine within the field of etymology are also one of the most interesting topics. It is accepted that storytelling, which benefits students at all educational levels, are powerful tools with significant advantages in the presentation of information content. From this point of view, it is thought that including the word stories reached in the study in the lessons will make the information more meaningful and memorable and reinforce the learning. With the study, it is aimed to bring together people who are interested in the subject with etymological stories and to present a course material to the academicians that can color the students' lessons. For this purpose, the etymological stories of 63 words were obtained. The data obtained are listed as follows: academy, accredited, alkali, ambulance, ammonia, anamnesis, anthrax, arachnoid, achilles tendon, atlas, atom, baitar, baitarname, workhorse, dean, diabetes mellitus, associate professor, doctor, drug, febris, laughing gas, pigeon, hermaphrodite, hygiene, hymen, histology, influenza, iris, campus, kangaroo, cancer, quarantine, kashar cheese, cat, koala, rabies, leopard, logy, morphine, nymphomania, penicillin, percussion, polyclinic, professor, Rp sign in prescriptions, rectum, salami, carp, symposium, senate, cesarean section, rat, sausage, staphylococcus, stethoscope, charlatan, medicine, Turkish saddle, university, wirsung channel, veterinarian, vitamin, yogurt. As a result, it can be argued that it is a resource that can be beneficial for veterinary medicine students to enjoy the lessons, to visualize the information in their minds, to retain the information and thus to learn more easily.