This book invites you on the most fascinating of journeys—aboard the word. After all, words, like people, never stand still. In essence, they are always on the move—from one era to another, from one nation to another, and with them they bring images of speech and images of thought.

If words are the lenses through which we view the world, then the twenty-five stories collected in this book represent the journey our ability to speak about it through language has made. A journey to the present day, where new challenges have arisen, victories and discoveries have occurred, and people have learned to think and feel in new ways.

Tracing the origins of words from ancient roots to modern meanings, from extinct languages ​​to new means of expressing thoughts and feelings—means understanding the present and, most importantly, preparing for the future—for each new generation pays special attention to the choice of words.