Etymology of dense
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ETYMOLOGY OF DENSE, DENSITY
Posted by Johannes on 10 August 2008
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Etymology of vomit
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
The word vomit came from the Latin vomitare from vomo (I vomit), which is related to the greek verb εμέω – εμώ (emo; I vomit).
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Etymology of rice
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of rice
Rice derives from the Italian riso, from the Latin oriza, from the Greek oryza (rice).
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ETYMOLOGY OF SCRIPT, SUBSCRIBE, SRIPTURE.
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of script, subscribe and Scripture
The noun SCRIPT (something written) comes from the Latin scriptum (a writing, a book, a mark) from the verb scribo (to write), which is related to the Greek verb σκαριφώ (σκραιφώ) (scarifo – screfo; make a scratch, trace or mark with a pencil, write).
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Etymology of bishop
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
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Etymology of stop
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of stop
According to WKN one of the possible etymologies of stop is from the Latin noun stuppa (coarse part of flax, tow) and the verb stuppare (to stop or stuff with tow or oakum, to prevent a flow by blocking a hole). Stuppa is related to the ancient Greek word stupee (oakum).
The verb was adopted by many languages (It. stoppare, Fr. etouper, Ger. stopfen) and in English stop.
In modern Greek
stupi: oakum [στουπί]
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stopper, stopgap, stoppage, stopping, stopple etc.
Το στουπί στα αρχαία ελληνικά λεγόταν στυππείον ή στυππή, λέξη η οποία σχετίζεται με το Λατινικό stuppa και το ρήμα stuppare (σταματώ, πωματίζω με στουπί, αναστέλλω τη ροή μπλοκάρωντας το άνοιγμα), από το οποίο κατά μια ετυμολογία προήλθε το stop.
Το ρήμα υιοθετήθηκε από πολλές γλώσσες (Ιταλικά stoppare, Γαλλικά etouper, Γερμανικά stopfen) και στα Αγγλικά stop.
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Etymology of MORON and IDIOT
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of moron amd idiot
The word MORON (foolish, stupid, idiot) derives from the Latin morus, from the Greek μωρός (moros; fοοlish, stupid).
The word IDIOT (μωρός, ηλίθιος, ) προέρχεται από το λατινικό idiota, από το ελληνικό ιδιώτης, από το ίδιος.
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Etymology of butter
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of butter
The word BUTTER derives from the Latin butyrum (butter), from the Greek βούτυρον (boutyron; cow-cheese, butter) from βους (bous; cow) and τυρός (tyros; cheese).
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ETYMOLOGY OF LIBRARY, LIBRARIAN, LEPROSY, LEPER
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of library and leprosy
The word library came into English from the old French librairie (collection of books) noun use of adj. librarius from the Latin librarium (chest for books) from liber (gen. libri; book, paper, originally the inner bark of trees) which is related to the Greek Aeolic form λέπορ (bark of a tree) from the verb λέπω (to peel, to strip off the bark of a tree or plant). Books were anciently made by the inward bark of a plant.
Moreover, the same verb λέπω (lepo; peel) is related to the Greek word λέπρα (lepra; leprosy) and the Latin lepra and this is the root for the words leprosy and leper.
In modern Greek.
α) λέπρα: leprosy [lepra]
β) λεπρός: leper [lepros]
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Η λέξη library (βιβλιοθήκη) προήλθε από το γαλλικό librairie (συλλογή βιβλίων) που προήλθε από το λατινικό librarium από το liber (γεν. libri, βιβλίο, αρχικώς ο εσωτερικός φλοιός των δέντρων) το οποίο σχετίζεται με την αιολική μορφή λέπορ από το ρήμα λέπω (απολεπίζω, ξεφλουδίζω). Τα βιβλία στην αρχαιότητα συχνά φτιάχνονταν από φλοιό δέντρων.
Το ρήμα λέπω σχετίζεται με τη λέξη λεπρός και λέπρα.
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ETYMOLOGY OF PAIN, PENALTY, PENAL.
Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of pain and penalty
The noun pain (punishment, especially for a crime; condition one feels when hurt, opposite of pleasure) came into English from the old French peine, from the Latin poena, from the Greek ποινή (poene; punishment, penalty).
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From the same root: penal, penalty, penance, penalize, penalization, penally, painful, painless, pain-killer, painstaking.
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In modern Greek:
α) πόνος: pain, ache, suffering [ponos]
β) πονοκέφαλος: headache, hang-over [ponokefalos]
γ) πονόλαιμος: sore throat [pono-lemos]
δ) πονόδοντος: toothache [pono-dontos]
ε) ποινή: sentence, penalty, punishment [pini]
στ) ποινικός: adj criminal, penal [pinikos]
ζ) ποινικοποιώ: penalize [pinikopio]
η) πέναλτι: penalti [penalte]
θ) πονώ: vti pain, ache, hurt, be in pain [pono]
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Το ουσιαστικό pain (πόνος, τιμωρία) προέρχεται από το γαλλικό peine, που με τη σειρά του προέρχεται από το λατινικό poena, από τοελληνικό ποινή. Από την ίδια ρίζα προέρχεται και το πέναλτι (ποινή, κύρωση)
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