Now meaning “to present an obstacle to” or “stand in the way of,” the word stymie was originally a golf term describing a ball blocking another ball’s path.

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The etymology of words can be complicated. In English many words derive from ancient languages such as Latin (candle) and Greek (biology) or are borrowed from other languages (guru, cigar, karaoke). Some common words, however, actually derive their names from people, though that source is often