About the Book: Stories of Words and Phrases by Sumanto Chattopadhyay is a snappy, globe-trotting tour of the hidden histories behind idioms and everyday words. Packed with digs like how Bluetooth is named for a 10th‑century Danish king, safari comes from the Arabic for “journey,” algebra stems from Arabic al‑jabr, and orange traveled from Sanskrit through Persian and Arabic into our lexicon—and even how the Earl of Sandwich gave the world our favorite midday meal