Have you ever questioned just what the word NOEL means. Well, I have and after making this card, I wanted to know the origin of the word as well as what it exactly means for us today.
Webster says this:
English speakers borrowed the word noel from French. It can be traced further back to the Latin word natalis, which can mean "birthday" as a noun or "of or relating to birth" as an adjective. (The English adjective natal has the same meaning and is also an offspring of natalis.) Noels were being sung in Latin or French for centuries before English-speakers started using the word to refer to Christmas carols in the 18th century. An early use of noel (spelled nowell) to mean "Christmas" can be found in the text of the late 14th-century Arthurian legend Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
So in essences, it means Christmas, birthday, natal. For us, we celebrate Christmas, the birth of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ!
I always find it interesting to find the meaning of words that we use & sing but never really know the true meaning. So next time you are perplexed by the meaning of a word, go and look it up. We all have technology in our hands (ex. smartphone).
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