... familiar acquaintance, to one who engages in idle talk, to the talk itself. 139 CHAPTER 33 Words with Interesting Etymologies cmp04.qxd 7/21/05 12:27 PM Page 139 In this chapter we”ll look at a few ... other words, to repent, you repaint. “Palimpsest” is the literary equivalent of the W ORDS WITH INTERESTING ETYMOLOGIES 141 I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my...