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- Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Concatenation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5566
Re: Concatenation
Oh. Thanks. Sorry, I must have missed it.
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:24 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Tertiary
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7998
Tertiary
Direct from Latin with the same meaning: third. As a bonus, we English speakers are able to use it as a noun and an adjective. Not only that this word is useful in a variety of disparate fields: chemistry, geology, fines arts (tertiary colors), medicine, education and...you won’t believe this...a la...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:48 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Concatenation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5566
Concatenation
Late Latin. A linking together, from “com”; with, together; and catenare, a chain.
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Periphery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3734
Periphery
From Greek. Carry around (peri). But then so many English words carry peri as a prefix.
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Sinologist
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8642
Sinologist
No, this isn’t a person who studies sin. I’ve wondered about the origin of “Sino” for China for some time and finally took the time to look it up. From late Latin. We also have sinophile and sinophobe. And I suppose sinophobia.
- Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:12 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Quid pro quo
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9086
Quid pro quo
This is a timely word. Direct from Latin. I always thought it meant this for that, something for something. Anyone with a PIE root and progeny?
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Quonset
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8884
Re: Quonset
Here’s what I found: The place name is from a southern New England Algonquian language and perhaps means "small, long place."
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Progue
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4880
Progue
Scottish. To goad.
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:25 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Uxorious
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4004
Uxorious
I know this has been submitted previously. However, I can’t resist, as someone I corresponded with used this ancient Latin word appropriately. Unusually fond of or submissive to a wife. I don’t know if the root had traction in any other language. As far as I know, which isn’t far, no Romance languag...
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:09 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: review
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5045
Re: review
To me a review is NOT a thorough examination. Peruse is.
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Dessert
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3687
Re: Dessert
Ah, those Frenchies have the first and last word regarding cuisine. Gotta love em.
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Ambergris
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9182
Ambergris
The word ambergris comes from the Old French "ambre gris" or "grey amber". It is whale vomit and used to fix the scent compounds in perfume.
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 7:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Resfeber
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3992
Resfeber
The restless race of the traveler's heart before the journey begins. Swedish.
- Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Sclerosis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4313
Sclerosis
From PIE, skelro, the root is skele, to parch, wither, harden. Root also found in skeleton. Figurative meaning of sclerotic in 1961.
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:56 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Clemency
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8006
Clemency
Disposition to be merciful. From Latin, clemencia, for calmness. However, the PIE root, klei, means to lean. How this evolved is anyone’s guess.