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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1095/
- Published: 2023-01-29T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-22T18:11:35.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

hummock (noun):

1: a rounded knoll or hillock  
2: a ridge of ice

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hummock?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :Having trouble telling a hummock from a hammock from a hillock? Not to worry: all three words refer to a small hill or earthen mound. Hummock, in fact, is an alteration of hammock; this 16th century pair share an ancestor with the Middle Low German words hummel (“small height”) and hump (“bump”), the latter of which is also a distant relative of our English word hump. As for the 14th-century vintage hillock, a version of the suffix -ock has been attached to nouns to designate a small one of whatever since the days of Old English. Note that the hilly hammock mentioned here is not related to the hammock offering a swaying repose between supports. That hammock comes from the Spanish hamaca, and ultimately from Taino, a language spoken by the original inhabitants of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas.  
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