Talk:Sophomore surge
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[edit] What is the origin of the term "sophomore"?
I was wondering if anybody could shed some light on this. Grumpyyoungman01 07:11, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- The word "sophomore" is commonly used to refer to someone in their second year of high school or college. In this case, it refers to someone in their second year of Congress. It originated from sophumer, which came from sophum ("sophism"), which probably came from the Middle English sophime ("sophism"). It is an alteration of the Greek sophos ("wise") + mōros ("foolish").--Oligopolistic 02:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
