By 
Jessica Oreck
 | 
TED-Ed Original

Mysteries of vernacular: Odd

Whether we're talking all things unusual or mathematical the origins of the word odd point to the Indo-European root uzdho which means pointing upwards. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel explain the evolution from the term for a triangle to a number indivisible by two and eventually to the peculiar.

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