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- Sat May 04, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Day
- Replies: 1
- Views: 160
Day
I was surprised not to see this extremely common English word, related to Tag (German) and dag (most other Germanic languages). According to Etymoline , its source is Proto-Germanic *dages-, for which there are two possible very different PIE roots: *agh- (a day) and *dhegh- (to burn). The second al...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:27 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Effervescent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1460
Effervescent
Effervescent and today's efferent are not related but even their PIE roots look similar: bhreu- and bher-, respectively.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:19 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Incipient
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3938
Re: Incipient
I was wondering whether the English verb to have and the Latin habere (meaning to have; Spanish haber and Portuguese haver ) descend from the same PIE root. I was too lazy to search for an answer, so I asked Google's Gemini. Here is the answer: No, the English verb "to have" and the Latin ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Dalliance
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3159
Dalliance
No relation to alliance.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Gargantuan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 887
Re: Gargantuan
Among all those language references you missed the Portuguese garganta (throat) which seems to be the closest to the GW.
... the same in Spanish
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Egoist
- Replies: 2
- Views: 271
Re: Egoist
There are also egocentric and egomaniac.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Nitid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11135
Re: Nitid
Knit is another good candidate.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Nitid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11135
Nitid
Bright, lustrous, shining. Derived from Latin nitidus, but I didn't find anything earlier. It doesn't appear in Etymoline.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Divan
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6336
Divan
This Middle Eastern word seems to have originated in Persian which is an IE language but went through Arabic, Turkish and French before appearing in English.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Aporophobia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5600
Aporophobia
Obviously of Greek origin, but apparently came via Spanish. Negative attitudes towards poor people.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ghoul
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5225
Re: Ghoul
Slava, you always have the last word!Gives a whole new meaning to "ghost in the machine".You're right: Algol stands for Algorithmic Language!Oh, thank you for pointing out Algol. This should amuse any programmer who happens to be listening in.
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ghoul
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5225
Re: Ghoul
You're right: Algol stands for Algorithmic Language!Oh, thank you for pointing out Algol. This should amuse any programmer who happens to be listening in.
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:37 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Conjugal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2847
Re: Conjugal
... and (verb) conjugation.Let us not forget our word-related relation here: conjugate.
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 6:56 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Decollate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3242
Re: Decollate
Apparently, French décoller and Portuguese decolar, both meaning "to take off" (like an airplane), have the same PIE origin.
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:32 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Adjacent
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2803
Re: Adjacent
As a matter of fact, the words jet and jetty are derived from this form of the verb via French jeter. See https://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/jetty.Actually there are two different Latin verbs iacere, one (with a short first E) meaning 'to throw', ...