259: theatre Aug 24, 2015

What does the theatre have to do with science‽–the link is perhaps unsurprisingly Greek. The word 'theorum' is the Latin version of the Greek word 'theorein', meaning 'to look'. That word is derived from the word 'theoros' which means 'spectator', and all of these words ultimately derive from the word 'thea' which means 'the act of seeing'. 'Thea' is the source of more words than that even, as it also gives the word 'theatre'.