Master for Webs

William James Mayo, the older of the two brothers who established the Minnesota medical facility that would come to be called the Mayo Clinic, was born on June 29 in 1861. Doctor Mayo inspired us to spread the word about a term that just happens to be spelled the same way as his last name. We're talking about mayo, a shortened form of the word mayonnaise.

If you guessed that mayonnaise has a French background, you can count yourself in the know about the linguistics of that dressing made of egg yolks, vegetable oil, and vinegar or lemon juice. Etymologists aren't certain about the term's origin (they suspect it may have roots in Mahon, a city on the Spanish island of Minorca), but they do know