Origin of the word Quicksand

[mudmaiden]

Perhaps, just perhaps, the word bog or quagmire was used in olden times, except when they found these traps near the shores or beaches, where the sand in some spots became "alive", therefore the need to describe the phenomenon.

[PM2K]

Cool! I love hearing about the origins of language.

[Chimerix]

Spanish - arenas movedizas
Italian - sabbie mobili
French - sables mouvants

All of these are fairly boring, variations of the words "moving sands." But what I do find interesting is that there is a word that distinguishes quicksand from other forms of bogginess in just about every language I've thought to check. Including Esperanto!

[Lomax]

On the Bayeux Tapestry the Latin word "Arena" means (quick)sand, with the quick part presumably being understood from the context.

And yes, I did know that "Quick" means Alive. As in "The Quick and the Dead" and "To cut him to the quick."

[Viridian]

Who ever wrote this part either didn't know about what quicksand is, or simply doesn't give a shit (it's Disney, they're cartoon shows has their own rules about reality).

Or it's an intended pun.

[bogbud]

I guess it's just a derivative from quagmire or quaking mud.

[Boggy Man]

Here is an interesting description of the origin of the term "quick", as used in the phrase "The quick and the dead":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_quick_and_the_dead_%28idiom%29

[Shizomania1]

Does anybody know Season and Episode of the Slowsand Scene from The Little Mermaid? Would like to watch it too, but cannot find it in google, just in English, but i would love to watch it in MY Language^^. Would be awesome if anybody could help

[MadMax359]

Spanish - arenas movedizas
Italian - sabbie mobili
French - sables mouvants

All of these are fairly boring, variations of the words "moving sands." But what I do find interesting is that there is a word that distinguishes quicksand from other forms of bogginess in just about every language I've thought to check. Including Esperanto!

doh! it just hit me... there was a great cartoon called Sables Mouvants and i just thought it was the name of the artist! thanks for enlightening me