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#Etymology Hoshizora (星空) means "starry sky", alluding to Cure Happy's powers of "holy light". -
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.
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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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When will SMONDAY arrive? - - - https://wp.me/p5tVlb-4UH - - -
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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.
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A look inside Once Upon a Word! Aren’t those illustrations by Marco Marella just wonderful?
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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
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A lover of words? It’s me
our EAL expert Lee teaching us about some of the problems with learning the English language #BKKTM#etymology#weareshrewsburypic.twitter.com/gecluN1xc9
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One of my favourite
#HistoryofEnglish#EngLang#Etymology quotes. It's from Penelope Lively's 'Moon Tiger pic.twitter.com/C1Ta0QLHuB
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Democracy, which comes from the Greek "demos" (people) and "kratia" (rule). Demoncracy, which is what we have.
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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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