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Wallets and Waltzes PIE root wel-
*wel- (3)Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to turn, revolve," with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects. It forms all or part of: archivolt; circumvolve; convoluted; convolution; devolve; elytra; evolution; evolve; Helicon; helicopter; helix; helminth; lorimer; ileus; involve; revolt; revolution; revolve; valve; vault (v.1) "jump or leap over;" vault (n.1) "arched roof or ceiling;" volte-face; voluble; volume; voluminous; volute; volvox; volvulus; ...
butch - Origin and meaning of butch by Online Etymology Dictionary
butch (n.)"tough youth," 1902, first attested in nickname of U.S. outlaw George Cassidy (1866-?), probably an abbreviation of butcher (n.). Sense of "aggressive lesbian" is by 1940s. As an adjective by 1941.Related EntriesbutcherOthers Are ReadingShareAdvertisementAlphabetical listbusybodybusynessbusy-workbutbutanebutchbutcherbutcher-knifebutcherybutlerbuttABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZSourcesLinks词根词源词典 App培根词汇微信公众号Explanation of TermsWho did thisFollow on FacebookDonate wit...
Linguistic diversity begins with our palates | Cosmos
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Otto - Wikipedia
Home Random Nearby Log in SettingsAbout WikipediaDisclaimers Open main menuSearchOtto Read in another language Watch this page EditThis article is about the given name. For other uses, see Otto (disambiguation).Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants Audo, Odo, Udo) of Germanic names beginning in aud-, an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".[2]Otto von Bismarck is one of the famous bearers of this namePronunciati...
A 2,000-year-old stylus makes a point about ancient Roman humor | Ars Technica
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The Voynich Manuscript: Has The Mystery Of The Book Nobody Can Read Been Solved
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Scots - a language of European civilisation' - on Angus McIntosh
The Second Angus McIntosh LectureScots as a language of European civilisation(organised by the Scottish Text Society)Edinburgh, 22 March 2010Dr Caroline Macafee Photograph by Andrew Swanston, frontispiece, Michael Benskin and M. L. Samuels eds., So Meny People Longages and Tonges. Philological Essays in Scots and Mediaeval English Presented to Angus McIntosh (privately published, 1981) I’ve taken as my title ‘Scots: a language of European civilisation’ because when I think of Angus McIntos...
Molklo vs moloko
mallet (n.)"small wooden hammer," chiefly used for driving another tool, late 14c., from Old French maillet "mallet, small wooden hammer, door-knocker," diminutive of mail, from Latin malleus "a hammer, mallet," from Proto-Italic *molalo-, *molklo- "hammer," from PIE *molkh-tlo- "crushing instrument," source also of Russian molot, Czech mlat "hammer," from PIE root *mele- "to crush, grind." It is wielded with one hand, whil...
Pan
Pan Arcadian shepherd god with upper body of a man and horns and lower part like a goat, late 14c., a god of the woods and fields, from Latin, from Greek Pan. Klein says perhaps cognate with Sanskrit pusan, a Vedic god, guardian and multiplier of cattle and other human possessions, literally "nourisher." Similarity to pan "all" (see pan-) led to his being regarded as a personification of nature. Pan-pipe, upon which he supposedly played, is attested from 1820. from https://www.etymonline.c...
the name Jesus - Etymology and onomastics of
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Ears, Otos, Outis, Onomastics
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etymology of krypton
c.f. Kryptonite for Superman , and the effects that the "hidden" have on him (Kryptonite is the hidden parts of us? Our inner nature?) I don't know for sure yet. etymology of kryptonSearch Results kryp·ton ˈkripˌtän/ noun noun: krypton; symbol: Krthe chemical element of atomic number 36, a member of the noble gas series. It is obtained by distillation of liquid air and is used in some kinds of electric light.Origin late 19th century: from Greek krupton, neuter of kruptos ‘hidden.’Translate...