"sport (v.) c. 1400, "to take pleasure, to amuse oneself," [...] from des- "away" (see dis-) + porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over")"
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I've hit the mother lode. "per- -meaning "forward," and, by extension, "in front of, before, first, chief, toward, near, against," etc. -meaning "to lead, pass over." -meaning "to try, risk," -meaning "to strike," -meaning "to traffic in, to sell,"" https://www.etymonline.com/word/*per-
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"museum (n.) [...] from Latin museum "library, study," from Greek mouseion "place of study, library or museum, school of art or poetry," originally "a temple or shrine of the Muses," from Mousa "Muse" (see muse (n.))."
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"metaphor (n.) [...] from Greek metaphora [...] from metapherein "to transfer, carry over; change, alter; to use a word in a strange sense," from meta "over, across" (see meta-) + pherein "to carry, bear," from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear children.""
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"King: "ruler", from "kin", as in "leader of the people". Emperor: "ruler", from "imperare", now "imperative", as in "commander of". Millionaire: "has a million of something"." (2019)
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"plague (n.) [...] "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge;" [...] Late Latin plaga, used in Vulgate for "pestilence," from Latin plaga "stroke, wound," probably from root of plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)," [...] from PIE root *plak- (2) "to strike."
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"patience (n.) [...] from Latin patientia "the quality of suffering or enduring; submission," [...] adjective patientem (nominative patiens) "bearing, supporting; suffering, enduring, permitting; tolerant," [...] present participle of pati "to endure, undergo, experience,""
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"attention (n.) [...] Latin attentionem (nominative attentio) "attention, attentiveness," noun of action from past-participle stem of attendere "give heed to," literally "to stretch toward," from ad "to, toward" (see ad-) + tendere "stretch," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch."""
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"search (v.) c. 1300, from Old French cerchier "to search" (12c., Modern French chercher), from Latin circare "go about, wander, traverse," in Late Latin "to wander hither and thither," from circus "circle""
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"The most expensive pigment of all was a fine blue from lapis lazuli, a mineral mined in Afghanistan. Getting a supply required a long voyage 'ultramarinus', or "beyond the sea." For this reason, the old masters reserved ultramarine for the Madonna's robes."
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