The beauty of sleep

The common root for sleep comes from the Ancient Greek, “somn-“. “Somn” itself may be traced to the Sanskrit root of “swapn” which also means dream. And honestly if you’ve made it till here on this microblog then you do have insomnia (“in” is a Greek root denoting “opposite”, so finite’s is infinite, definite’s is indefinite and so on). However, if you’ve been actually sleeping throughout this little stroll then you’re a somnambulist. “Ambul-“ is Greek for walking (so if you take a stroll around words, you’re circumambulating).

If you’re still sleepy then you’re somnolent, or suffer from somnolence if you’re sleepy pretty much all the time. And if you’re still able to answer questions in class in such a condition then you’re practising somniloquy. Otherwise known as “damn, that’s crazy.”