Itzi: Do you know, Irina, why does the word "
Pinky" has the word "Pink" in it?
Irina: No idea, I'm going to ask Marina, a blogfessor that teaches about the origin of
words.
Irina goes home, gets in touch with this teacher who responds posting an article in his blog or a video giving an answer to the question.
The blogfessor's post follows:
"Hello my dear students,
today I'm going to explain that the relationship between pink and
pinky has nothing to do with color. In fact 'pink' itself did not start out describing the color at all. Let me explain why....."