etymologynerd

ABOUT ETYMOLOGYNERD

Instagram star who is a word nerd and linguist. He does educational word videos and interesting commentary about word origins for his 1.4 million followers on his etymologynerd Instagram page.

He studied linguistics at Harvard University and created the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society. He graduated with a double major in government and linguistics

His first book came out in 2025 and is called "Algospeak." It's about how social media is transforming the future of language.

He is from Albany, New York. His full name is Adam Aleksic.

He did a post about how many hip-hop artist got their stage names. Some people on the list include Eminem and Doja Cat .