the.com/discover
What you find was always there; the only new thing is your attention.
means To find or become aware of something that already existed but was previously unknown to you.
from From Old French 'descovrir,' built on Latin 'discooperire' — 'dis-' (the reversing prefix) plus 'cooperire' (to cover up). To discover is, quite literally, to un-cover: to pull the lid off a thing that was sitting there hidden the whole time. The same Latin root gives us 'cover' itself, so discovery and concealment are two ends of one gesture.
- latin roots
- From discooperire, meaning to uncover or unroof
- credit card
- Discover launched in 1985 via Sears stores
- columbus problem
- Millions already lived in the lands he discovered
- penicillin
- Fleming discovered it from a contaminated, forgotten petri dish
- serendipity
- Many discoveries came while hunting for something else entirely
christopher columbus 1492 — sailed across atlantic, reached caribbean islands, initiated european colonization of americas
james cook pacific voyages — three expeditions (1768-1779) mapped new zealand, australia, hawaii, and pacific coastlines
neil armstrong moon landing — apollo 11, july 20 1969, first human to walk on the moon
tutankhamun's tomb 1922 — howard carter excavated valley of the kings, nearly intact 3000-year-old pharaoh burial