Hi SErs! It’s a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 As discussed in Homonyms with Harmony Part 1–Introduction, homonyms are words spelt and pronounced the same but which have different meanings. As we all know, homonyms often cause confusion and misunderstandings. Oh, joy! 😊 Today, we’ll take a look at the Origins of Homonyms …

So, how did these words come to be?

The origins of homonyms go all the way back to the development of speech and words and to the borrowing of expressions from various languages. Today, we’ll take a look at the ways in which homonyms are used in different language groups, as well as the importance of homonyms in communication, and how they help to make our writing more precise and efficient.

Because homonyms have been around since the dawn of worded speech, we humans have…