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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.34,0:00:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mysteries of vernacular:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.47,0:00:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bewilder, to confuse or puzzle completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.28,0:00:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The root of the word bewilder
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.80,0:00:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be traced back to the Old English word wilde,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.54,0:00:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was used to refer to something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.40,0:00:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was in a natural state,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.75,0:00:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncultivated,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.23,0:00:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or undomesticated.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.42,0:00:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over time, the word wild was often linked
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.84,0:00:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Old English word deor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.91,0:00:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deor, which was derived
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.97,0:00:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an early Indo-European root
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.52,0:00:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that meant breathe,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.02,0:00:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was initially used to describe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.87,0:00:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any untamed animal or beast.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.20,0:00:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This eventually morphed into the modern word deer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.05,0:00:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning a ruminant of the family Cervidae.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.21,0:00:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two Old English words,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.30,0:00:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when mashed together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.88,0:00:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.12,0:00:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning a tract of uncultivated land,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.92,0:01:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primarily inhabited by undomesticated beasts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.17,0:01:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the word wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.71,0:01:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word wilder was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.58,0:01:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To wilder someone was to lead him astray
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.76,0:01:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or lure him into the woods.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.40,0:01:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1600's, the prefix be,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.08,0:01:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning thoroughly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.77,0:01:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was compounded with wilder
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.60,0:01:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a way of tacking on a little extra punch.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.68,0:01:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone who was bewildered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.87,0:01:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was thoroughly lost in the wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.50,0:01:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From this winding background,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.67,0:01:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bewilder eventually evolved into our current definition,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.92,0:01:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be completely confused.