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  1. prije 10 sati

    Hoshizora (星空) means "starry sky", alluding to Cure Happy's powers of "holy light".

  2. prije 23 sata

    Why do porcupine and concubine sound so much alike? Not the similar family I hope.

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    I just read a 2012 Wall Street Journal piece on Susan Gubar that used the word "seminal" for her groundbreaking feminist critical work with Sandra Gilbert. Sigh.

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    The component parts of helicopter are not Heli and Copter. They are Helico (spiral) and Pter (wing, think Pterodactyl). I know. It blew my mind too.

  5. I think <presbyter> is a base. The word comes from Greek via Latin. The Greek <presby-> means "old," but the <ter> is not a morpheme, simple or complex. Any other thoughts?

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    The comments and additional information here are enlightening, especially &c.

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    niche is from nicher - French - to make a nest. Pick a niche became ‘picnic’: to pick a nest.

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    Ohhhh: A Museum is a temple to the Muses.

  10. 31. sij

    A look inside Once Upon a Word! Aren’t those illustrations by Marco Marella just wonderful?

  11. 30. sij

    What: the descendant of Old English ℎ𝑤æ𝑡, of Beowulf fame. The OE word comes from PGmc *ℎ𝑤𝑎𝑡 > PIE *𝑘𝑤𝑜𝑑. Related to Dutch 𝑤𝑎𝑡, German 𝑤𝑎𝑠, and Latin 𝑞𝑢𝑜𝑑

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    Euveritasology: A combination of Greek prefix 𝑒𝑢- which means good or well and Latin 𝑣𝑒̄𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎̄𝑠 meaning truth, and the suffix -𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦. This suggests a synonym with 𝑒𝑡𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦. Inspired by Tolkien's coining: 𝑒𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒

  13. 30. sij

    A lover of words? It’s me 📚 ❤️ our EAL expert Lee teaching us about some of the problems with learning the English language

  14. 29. sij

    One of my favourite quotes. It's from Penelope Lively's 'Moon Tiger

  15. 29. sij

    Democracy, which comes from the Greek "demos" (people) and "kratia" (rule). Demoncracy, which is what we have.

  16. 28. sij

    As for its origins, in bygone days it was the “seigneur” or lord who had the right to mint coins - hence the name.

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